Hats off to Governor Kemp!

They apparently aren't at all like Flahrida.

 

True. The MAGA cult is very unkempt.

 

Good for him, no doubt. But I wonder how much of this is based in self preservation in a state that is turning purple instead of red?

 

I'm sure maga world is already slamming him. That said, good for him for standing on principle instead of falling into that cult of personality bullshit.

 

It’s always hard to know the true beliefs that underlie politicians’ actions. However, we could employ this same reasoning in the opposite direction to excuse MTG’s lunacy as an act just based in self preservation, which seems wrong.

At this point, turning on one’s party to uphold the rule of law is a rare enough act that I think Kemp deserves respect, even if his actions might have been partly enabled by a changing electorate.

 

No, we can't make excuses for MTG. Right can be right and wrong can be wrong, you don't always have to create some middle ground gray area to camp out in.

 

Agreed. This is why I was saying it seemed wrong to use that line of reasoning.

 

Same gov kemp that Abrams accused of being racists? Same one accused of voter suppression? Now he’s all good with the other side?

 

I’m having an Oliver Anthony moment:

The devil went down to Georgia, he was lookin' for an election to steal.
He was in a bind 'cause his electoral votes were way behind
And he was willin' to make a deal.

The boy said, "my name's Kemp and it might be a sin
But I'll take your bet, you're gonna regret
'Cause the constitution the best there's ever been.”

On second thought, I’ll keep my day job.

 

Maga will try to destroy him. It takes bravery to do the right thing and stand up to inmate P01135809

 

Life imitates football

 

Yes it’s the same one. But I don’t think there is anything hypocritical about applauding one action and not another from the same person. In fact, I think it’s a good sign that not all left leaning posters fell on some excuse for the behavior, eg “He still rotten. He just knows that if he doesn’t do this, he will be…etc.”

 

I didn’t use the word hypocritical. I didn’t even suggest it. I do think anyone calling him racists was wrong. I do think he has proven to be a good governor.

 

Just like when Pence finally did something worthy of recognition on Jan 6, Kemp is doing something noteworthy in Georgia on this. Doesn't wipe the slate clean, but deserves to be acknowledged.

 

Im sorry. I inferred the hypocritical thing, since these two event would seem unrelated otherwise.