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In response to the Big Lie - that last November's election was stolen from them - Republicans are moving to pass voter suppression legislation across dozens of American states, most prominently in Georgia. In this episode I'm joined by former Obama campaign official Karin Robinson to discuss the scariest parts of the voter suppression effort, how the politics of it affect the Democratic and Republican coalitions, and what the Biden administration might do in response.

Links

Andy on GOP tensions with Big Business: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/apr/14/republicans-big-business-democrats-us-politics

NY Times - what Georgia voting law really does: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/02/us/politics/georgia-voting-law-annotated.html

Trump's Big Lie could backfire in Georgia: https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/27/opinions/trump-big-lie-georgia-republicans-voting-restrictions-dantonio/index.html

Credits

Host - Andy Gawthorpe

Growth consultant - Anne Stoop

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