{"id":360817,"date":"2021-03-31T16:16:13","date_gmt":"2021-03-31T20:16:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=360817"},"modified":"2021-03-31T16:16:18","modified_gmt":"2021-03-31T20:16:18","slug":"tyler-perry-calls-on-doj-to-investigate-georgia-likens-voter-integrity-law-to-jim-crow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tyler-perry-calls-on-doj-to-investigate-georgia-likens-voter-integrity-law-to-jim-crow\/","title":{"rendered":"Tyler Perry Calls On DOJ To Investigate Georgia, Likens Voter Integrity Law To \u2018Jim Crow\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftyler-perry-calls-on-doj-to-investigate-georgia-likens-voter-integrity-law-to-jim-crow%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=360817&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/fb_image-4863.jpeg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>As other Hollywood celebrities have vowed to boycott the state of Georgia, movie mogul Tyler Perry has called upon the Department of Justice to investigate the state for its voter integrity laws.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/entertainment\/tyler-perry-georgia-voter-legislation-doj-investigate\">Fox News<\/a>, Perry, who runs a television and movie studio in Atlanta, decried the election integrity law as a \u201cvoter suppression law,\u201d declaring it unconstitutional.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs a Georgia resident and business owner I\u2019ve been here a few times with the anti-abortion bill and the LGBTQ discrimination bill,\u201d Perry said. \u201cThey all sent a shockwave through Georgia and the nation but none of them managed to succeed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Perry went as far as to liken the new law to the \u201cJim Crow era,\u201d though he cautioned others against boycotting the state, noting the blue outcome.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m resting my hope in the DOJ taking a hard look at this unconstitutional voter suppression law that harkens to the Jim Crow era,\u201d he continued. \u201cAs some consider boycotting, please remember that we did turn Georgia blue and there is a gubernatorial race on the horizon \u2014 that\u2019s the beauty of a democracy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Tyler Perry is hardly the first person to compare the election integrity laws to Jim Crow, a buzz phrase that has regularly been used by leftists since Republican Governor Brian Kemp signed the bill into law.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Republican who is sitting in Stacey Abrams\u2019 chair just signed a despicable voter suppression bill into law to take Georgia back to Jim Crow. The Senate must pass the #ForThePeople Act and John Lewis Voting Rights Act immediately \u2013 our democracy is at stake tonight,\u201d tweeted Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA).<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"8.5507246376812\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Republican who is sitting in Stacey Abrams\u2019 chair just signed a despicable voter suppression bill into law to take Georgia back to Jim Crow. The Senate must pass the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ForThePeople?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ForThePeople<\/a> Act and John Lewis Voting Rights Act immediately \u2013 our democracy is at stake tonight. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xDolZO9Bf3\">https:\/\/t.co\/xDolZO9Bf3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Elizabeth Warren (@SenWarren) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenWarren\/status\/1375276181034045441?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 26, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cFrom passage of the #SB202 voter suppression bill targeted at Black and brown voters to the arrest of a Black legislator who was advocating for the voting rights of her constituents, today was a reminder of Georgia\u2019s dark past. We must fight for the future of our democracy,\u201d tweeted failed gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"10.252100840336\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">From passage of the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SB202?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SB202<\/a> voter suppression bill targeted at Black and brown voters to the arrest of a Black legislator who was advocating for the voting rights of her constituents, today was a reminder of Georgia\u2019s dark past. We must fight for the future of our democracy <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/gapol?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#gapol<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/IZWZGAX9RT\">pic.twitter.com\/IZWZGAX9RT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Stacey Abrams (@staceyabrams) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/staceyabrams\/status\/1375263319481847808?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 26, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cMake no mistake, this Georgia Jim Crow law and the similar ones being proposed in Arizona, Iowa dozens of other states are as much about motivating Republican voters who are downcast after the 2020 and January 2021 losses as they are about suppressing Democratic votes,\u201d tweeted MSNBC\u2019s Joy Reid.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"11.507331378299\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Make no mistake, this Georgia Jim Crow law and the similar ones being proposed in Arizona, Iowa dozens of other states are as much about motivating Republican voters who are downcast after the 2020 and January 2021 losses as they are about suppressing Democratic votes.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Joy-Ann Pro-Democracy &amp; Masks Reid \ud83d\ude37 (@JoyAnnReid) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JoyAnnReid\/status\/1375457494202454019?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 26, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThis is Jim Crow in the 21st Century. It must end,\u201d President Joe Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/biden-georgia-election-bill\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">said in a written statement<\/a>. \u201cRepublicans in the state instead rushed through an un-American law to deny people the right to vote. This law, like so many others being pursued by Republicans in statehouses across the country, is a blatant attack on the Constitution and good conscience.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAmong the outrageous parts of this new state law, it ends voting hours early so working people can\u2019t cast their vote after their shift is over,\u201d he continued. \u201cIt adds rigid restrictions on casting absentee ballots that will effectively deny the right to vote to countless voters. And it makes it a crime to provide water to voters while they wait in line \u2013 lines Republican officials themselves have created by reducing the number of polling sites across the state, disproportionately in Black neighborhoods.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/the-new-jim-crow-leftists-compare-georgias-election-integrity-bill-to-racist-segregation-laws\">\u2018The New Jim Crow\u2019: Leftists Compare Georgia\u2019s Election Integrity Bill To Racist Segregation&nbsp;Laws<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\">member<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As other Hollywood celebrities have vowed to boycott the state of Georgia, movie mogul Tyler Perry has called upon the Department of Justice to investigate the state for its voter &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2311469,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/fb_image-4863.jpeg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Tyler Perry Calls On DOJ To Investigate Georgia, Likens Voter Integrity Law To \u2018Jim Crow\u2019","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-360817","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/fb_image-4863.jpeg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Tyler Perry Calls On DOJ To Investigate Georgia, Likens Voter Integrity Law To \u2018Jim Crow\u2019","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/360817","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=360817"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/360817\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2311469"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=360817"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=360817"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=360817"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}