Flashback: CNN, MSNBC ran with 'Jim Crow' voter suppression claims in Georgia before record turnout

Georgia broke its first-day early voting record, nearly doubling the previous midterm turnout.

CNN and MSNBC spent much of 2021 labeling Georgia’s Republican-passed Election Integrity Act as the next Jim Crow, but record-breaking turnout in the Peach State has essentially debunked the once-popular liberal narrative. 

Democrats and their allies in the media repeatedly argued that the law was a racist effort to deny people the right to vote, especially minority Americans, and could push U.S. democracy off a cliff. But during the second day of early voting in Georgia this year, the state saw a 75.3% increase from the second day during the 2018 midterms and a 3.3% increase over the second day of early voting in the 2020 presidential election, according to the office of Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger. 

The overwhelming turnout is a far cry from CNN and MSNBC talking points that suggested the new voting law was comparable to Jim Crow laws that enforced and legalized racial segregation in the south. Georgia Office of the Secretary of State chief operating officer Gabriel Sterling, who is also the interim deputy secretary of state, believes record turnout crushed the liberal narrative. 

"We’ve been saying for two years, since we passed this law, this would make it easier to vote and hard to cheat, and the numbers tell the tale," Sterling told Fox News Digital. 

During the second day of early voting in Georgia, the state saw a 75.3% increase from the second day during 2018 midterms and a 3.3% increase over the second day of early voting in the 2020 presidential election, according to the office of the Georgia Secretary of State.  (Charlie Creitz/Fox News)

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