#shorts On 10/25/2022, a reporter asked White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, “President Biden last year likened the new Georgia voting law to, quote, “Jim Crow in the 21st century.” But turnout so far in the state’s elections has smashed midterm records. Today topped 1 million votes overall. That’s about 70 percent more than 2018, on par with the presidential election turnout. Was President Biden wrong with his assessment of Georgia’s — Georgia’s voting law, or does he stand by that Jim Crow comparison?”

MS. JEAN-PIERRE: So, as you know, I got to be careful; I cannot get into politics from here, so I won’t comment specifically on that race or on the elections or the data that’s coming out of Georgia. But the President has been very clear that based on the — the Big Lie, there have been a host of anti-voter policies forced on states that challenge America’s fundament- — fundamental right to vote — right? — the access to voting. And so this is — this is against our most basic values, including respect for the law and the Constitution. And speaking generally, of course — more broadly — of course, high turnout and voter suppression can take place at the same time. They don’t have to be — one doesn’t have to happen on its own. They could be happening at the same time. But I’ll leave it there without being able to really dig into the politics of this.