White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki received more than one question about President Joe Biden’s comments on Georgia’s new election bill.
Fox News’s Peter Doocy confronted Psaki about whether Biden will change how he talks about the law after The Washington Post granted Biden four “Pinocchios” for falsely claiming the bill ends voting hours at 5 p.m. when voters are leaving work.
Psaki argued the bill makes it more difficult for voters to return and request absentee ballots, shortens the length of the state’s run-off elections, and “imposes rigid new restrictions” on officials to set voting hours for those in their counties.
“His view is that we need to make it easier and not harder to vote, and that will continue to be what he advocates for,” Psaki said.
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Doocy pointed out Biden’s claim has been determined by election law experts to be not true and asked Psaki if the president will stop saying it.
“The fact-checkers will also tell you that this bill does not make it easier for people across the state of Georgia to vote, and that’s where he has concerns,” Psaki replied.
CNN’s Kaitlan Collins jumped in later and asked Psaki, “The president does acknowledge that the new law doesn’t change election day voting hours, right?”
Psaki explained, “Well, it also doesn’t expand them for early voting and makes early voting shorter, so there’s a lot of components of the legislation he’s concerned about, and that’s what he was expressing.”
Collins continued to challenge Psaki and called Biden’s comments “confusing.”
The press secretary responded, “I think what’s important is to report on all the components that make it more difficult to vote in the package, in the legislation.”