According to reports, he admitted to signing off on false information in a third-party advocacy email regarding the Peach State’s controversial new voting law.
The Washington Post reported on criticism of the law that has been exaggerated or wrong, including the e-mail sent out by the nonprofit 3.14 Action after the law passed on March 25.
“Warnock, one of two new Democratic senators representing Georgia, signed an email sent out by the advocacy group 3.14 Action after the law passed, which claimed it ended no-excuse mail voting and restricted early voting on the weekends,” The Washington Post reported.
“A Warnock campaign spokesman said the senator signed off on his statement days before the law passed, when those provisions were still under consideration,” The Washington Post added.
President Joe Biden has also been accused of spreading misinformation regarding Georgia’s contentious election integrity law, earning “Four Pinocchios” from the Washington Post for his claims that the measure slashed voting hours and early voting.
“What I’m worried about is how un-American this whole initiative is. It’s sick. It’s sick … deciding that you’re going to end voting at five o’clock when working people are just getting off work,” Biden said during a news conference on March 25, and “Among the outrageous parts of this new state law, it ends voting hours early so working people can’t cast their vote after their shift is over,” he added in a statement on March 26.
Warnock will be forced to defend his seat in 2022 if he hopes to earn a full six-year Senate term. Herschel Walker, a former American football player, is one person who is contemplating entering the race.