'Jim Crow in the 21st century': Biden denounces Georgia Republicans over new voting law

President says new law represents blatant attack on the constitution' as voting rights activists vow to keep up the fight

Joe Biden lambasted a new law in Georgia that imposes sweeping new voting restrictions, calling it un-American" and Jim Crow in the 21st century".

He said in a statement: Instead of celebrating the rights of all Georgians to vote or winning campaigns on the merits of their ideas, Republicans 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."