Georgia Amends Voting Law To Allow People In Line To Be Hydrated With Fire Hoses

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joimonki partying like it's 1963...

MalcolmNance “Be careful what you wish for.” ~ Georgia GOP

Filled with'Hint'?

America is a method actor starring in a parody of itself.

MalcolmNance I'd laugh except there were real ppl at the end of those firehoses, German Shepherd dogs&bully clubs. Bf thn these same ppl were ignored by White America,bf tht Jim Crow& bf tht 3/5 human. Lands more like 1930s whc wld never joke abt Be careful wth human hx of Blk ppl😢

Hillizard This is a joke right?

n_ymiller and water canons

MalcolmNance WTAF?

MalcolmNance Georgia sure knows how to change horses in the stream, don't they?

MalcolmNance Funny, & I wouldn't put it past them.

MalcolmNance Seriously saw what you did there. Pretty much their preference if they can get away with it. But we must not let that happen. We've come to far..White, Black, & Brown. We all loose when many loose

Bull Connor ordered the police % firefighters to break up 1963 protests in Birmingham AL; both initially complied. Police continued to arrest junior high students, firefighters refused to turn their hoses on protestors, and helped bail water put of the basement of black churches.

rmcgrudiva Jesus...😩

Popehat on brand, for a certain party who needs no introduction. we all know which one.

jbouie AccidentalJournalism

Popehat jesus...

ratio

jbouie Not that funny.

And civil rights protestors will be protected from bugs with sarin gas.

What!

All of a sudden.

Why was this EVER a part of the law in the first place? seethefaces

1SnoozyQ Canine therapy courtesy of the state police is also being considered.

Don’t give them ideas. We all know they don’t understand satire. They’ll think this is a reputable news source just like they thought The Daily Show was an actual news outlet when John Oliver was on it 🙄🙄🙄

I thought finding marble in the oatmeal only way to drink from a fire hose.

Actually standing in line in georgia in august, that doesnt sound bad.

Nice ! You all knocked this one out of the satirical park. —-well done.

gmukunda Has an unfortunate ring of truth to it.

WHAT?

gmukunda And seasoned with pepper spray.

How about watermelons. Maga is Klan.

Don’t forget the complimentary tear gas.

rolandsmartin Where are the German Shepherds?

Hummm. Sounds like the old days! 🤬🤬 Fix it Jesus!

BrianKempGA

You know they probably wanted to add it originally and were like, do we have to pay firemen overtime for this?

little boy with old man face

'If it's good enough for Alabama and Mississippi'...

This is pretty dark for you guys. I guess the next generation won’t get it because, you know, illegal to teach certain parts of US history in some places and all.

good tweet

He was then consequently forced to resign by the voters: not because of the inhumanity, but because his own partisans called him a socialist for wasting the water, insisting on the question 'who's gonna pay for it?'

Pfff... Ask Macron how to do it. Why should France be always first on things?🙄

I'm surprised it wasn't Hydrated With Bleach

LeeSovaClaypool I’m surprised this isn’t true

I mean, the line between you and reality is just so blurry.......

Where was their red SoloCup Any guesses🥺😞😢

This may be your best worst yet.

republicanbanan

Gayle_Bolling That's barbaric!

OutRunTheVirus It reminds us of the old times in the deep south. Some things never change.

😂

Mmel_anie Screw kemp

dianefrom_bc Lol

SergeantPup Too on the nose. lol

If this wasn't funny, it would be hilariously Kemp.

Sadly, true!

DanaStarr18 Not a bad idea.

TrumpRubes I'm currently checking Simpsons episodes to see if this is true.

Are they going to provide Emotional Support Rottweiler too. I hear that’s traditional.

Cc GovKemp looks like The Onion nailed it! ForThePeopleAct

GerberKawasaki People in line need to bring their own water and be responsible for their own rehydration.

GerberKawasaki Classic

RexChapman As long as they don’t drink it!

Hey did you read pages 10-20 of the 100 page law? Precincts can provide water/snacks. No longer third parties who could influence voters. readthelaw facts

republicans trying to give free baths.

F—k .CocaCola

Please don't give these assholes down here any ideas!

Dawn_HPK You suck GovKemp down with GovKemp

CandaceRondeaux Too soon.

that's sick

BarryJa41633306 Don’t give those fuckers any ideas.

Special Republicans live in Georgia! You truly can't fix stupid! GEORGIASTUPIDITY

JamesRusso2d3d WTF?

Is he crazy

rmayemsinger Don't laugh, could happen; Kemp’s probably already at work on that.

rmayemsinger Not far from the truth.

Tucker5law reginalddhunter funny not funny.

🤣🤣

Yes by all means let’s start feeding and hydrating people in line because they aren’t smart enough to bring their own snacks and water 🙄

RexChapman Next they’ll approve Doberman emotional support animals for those stuck in long lines

RexChapman After Michael Brown was killed and police gathered around citizens protesting, a leading politician stated in all seriousness with no historical satire, irony or cynicism that the Fire Dept should use high-powered hoses to disperse crowds & if necessary use dogs. ThisIsAmerica

RexChapman And they can have food as long as it’s brought to them by German Shepards.

What the hell is happening!

RexChapman I was about to be mad..then I saw it was the Onion. Well played, Onion...Ignite my nerd rage like that.

john_sipher Lol, TheOnion headline isn't far from the truth & probably just gave the GOP in Georgia & elsewhere a new votersuppression tactic in their quest to snuff out our democracy.

Maybe they can use said fire hose on same legislature! They might get dehydrated too! 🙃🙃

joncoopertweets GeorgiaGovernor HijoDeLaGranPuta

Gee, how humane!

joncoopertweets I'm sure they won't let the firetrucks onsite.

joncoopertweets Don't GIVE them any ideas

lakerbee Sounds about right.

ChuckWendig ...and to be fed peppers in the form of a spray.

👀

Sensible, common sense solutions.

This has a chance of becoming true

💀

MarsAscendant I saw we FOCUS IN INDICTING DONALD TRUMP AND THE GOP MEMBERS THAT WERE INVOLVED IN THE INSURRECTION!? Being blasted by a fire hydrant will not stop me from voting.

Don’t give Alabama or Mississippi any ideas...

More factual than FoxNews

'oh Lord, please don't let me be misunderstood'

JoshMankiewicz I call bull

Thx Brian!

😂😂😂😂

😂😂😂😂

The Onion should stick to satire!

They may allow using gaseous nutritional substance to stop voters' hunger.

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Attempting to put out the fire within.

coreyreynoldsLA His hair looks green.

RexChapman

Jefiner68 As usual, The Onion nails it. 👊🏽

Why my dummass click to read the article 🤡🔫🤦🏿‍♂️

Sounds about WHITE! How is the onion so accurate?

Sounds about right.

He's also thinking about therapy dogs to comfort people wanting to vote.

KellyLWilliams 😁🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😁😭

mehdirhasan jessmarrieee

jeffaschwarz Are you SERIOUS?!!! Are ALL Americans vicious, nasty, selfish people, or only Republicans?

mehdirhasan WTF !

The sad thing is that it’s almost believable!

Georgia legislature proposes additional restrictions, then abandons measure when someone realizes it's just Apartheid.

Ah, The Onion is back!

Twofer: hydration and cooling.

MURDER!!! ☠️☠️☠️☠️🤣😂😂💀

Totally believable at this point.

cbekius and fed... to attack dogs, I assume.

mehdirhasan Dear Onion this doesn't really work as a bit when it could be true.

It’s funny because it’s true

GApol ⬆️ (made ya look)

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

MarisaKabas Bit too on the nose....

MarisaKabas Goodness. The Republicans in the Georgia legislature so lack anything approaching compassionate humanity that I clicked to read how they expected people to drink from firehoses before I noticed it was an onion.

AllyYancy Sounds about yt. 💦

Oh, my God, that’s too good.

rolandsmartin That son of bitch

Your particular line might be given a surprise truncheon package, compliments of the state, depending on who's in line.

😁

GretaGroots Georgia Governor Declares Water a Gateway Drug That Leads to Voting The governor said that he was considering a number of measures to address water addiction, including stiffer penalties for voting while quenching. By Andy Borowitz

Is... Is this satire

Makin' it plain, aren't they.

Blesséd is The Onion, for it taketh no prisoners and giveth no fucks.

FFS don't give them any ideas 😛

How wonderful!

Welcome to 1954, where your voting rights were before.

They 'borrowed' your idea BradandBritt

mehdirhasan Top 5 all time Onion headline right here. I know how incredibly hyperbolic that may seem, but it's true.

mehdirhasan 👏👏👏

Dawn_HPK it shouldn't take an MIT grad to understand that moderation is the key here! Then again, those guys are all about being educated with fire hoses, so what do I know?

TheBadNewsB The governor is vile.

mehdirhasan I thought this was a parody website?

mehdirhasan The Onion nails it again.

JustinAHorwitz Are we going back to the sixties. I thought we learned lessons

mehdirhasan With fire hoses? That's what they did in thg he 1960s

Don't forget the German Shepherds.

eliza_shines We used the 1963 Birmingham AL fire hose photo taken by Detroiter Bill Hudson (then with UPI) for promos for the first FlintWaterProtest protest at Rick Snyder's multi-million $$ Ann Arbor condo on MLK Day 2016.

JordanUhl goddamn

rhinosoros

PaulGiandomeni1 It’s funny cuz

😔

Didn’t think this one out

Will_Bunch What? Can the water pressure be reduced sufficiently to allow people to drink safely? This is another degrading action against the poor by the GOP con-artists who would not drink out of fire hoses themselves. There will be enough helpers with bottled water and sandwiches, I bet!

White people don’t drink in Georgia. That’s what Dems and their media allies are telling us. GeorgiaVotingLaw

Goddamn. GODDAMN.

I hear in order to keep the lines nice and straight they are going to have men walking leashed german shepherd's.

HistoryBuff93 If they had enough polling places, hydration wouldn't be a problem. I haven't had to stand in line in over a decade. Recently I use absentee

The original Georgia charter still allows Jell-O shots.

ElectProject ShannonBream

ElectProject HARRISFAULKNER

ElectProject DanaPerino

ElectProject KSoltisAnderson

Will_Bunch WTH laws are these kind? Abuse of power on steroids!

BradMossEsq Smart! We already know that works.

Will_Bunch MeinKemp

Almost got me. But that is exactly where this is all going.

But the dogs are hydrophobic.

Will_Bunch Does this include water cannons, with a splash of teargas?

this legit has to be one of the dumbest things

santhonythomas I honestly don't know if this is satire.

And have wet t shirt contests to move forward.

The Onion is getting dark with it.

Sounds about right. And they'll get away with it.

WOW, Kudos to Georgia Republicans.

Have a sip

Maybe they can train German Shepard’s to deliver snacks as well Fire hoses and dogs seems like I’ve seen that combo in action before 🦠😷

What a joke place to be

anylaurie16 And German Shepherd saliva.

holy shit

Probably water cannons

I heard hydration will be via water cannons topped off by a nice piquant pepper spray

Haha

Crushing it

Sounds like what is done a steer slaughter house.

jomareewade As funny as that is, I actually believe they would make such a stupid amendment‼️

Is it filtered or tap water?

Old enough to remember when this happend in the '60's.

Nailed it, once again.

Good news is in predominantly white, affluent precincts bottle service is still available for a nominal corkage fee payable to the state GOP.

Arsonall Kentucky_Shark lol

Can people being their own water to wait in line?

Sadly, there's precedent. 😡

Oh wow.

Georgia voters gotta get those racist dinosaurs out of their state government now.

This person spitting

making a joke out of rights abuses

Omfggggggggggg

Placing more pressure on voter turnout

yonslice DavidPizitz DaveyRes the onion does not miss

maxasteele never disappoints.

This is perfect. Your best headline in a while

Given the Onion's track record for accidentally predicting the future, I'm a little bit worried about this one.

'See we care about people who have to stand 8 hours in heat. We also encourage cops to have chat with dangerous looking folks so that americans are safe. We need good guys with guns and fire hoses.'

Does beating a good samaritan with a nightstick til the samaritan is unconscious count as “supplying food”?

I would presume very high pressure fire hoses with voters being charged per litre.

Complimentary salt licks for voters waiting in line...

Holy shit I never realised this account has 11,7 million subscribers!

I wouldn't be surprised if they actually attempt this 😒

They'll also provide emotional support animals in the form of snarling, biting German Shepherds

Poll staff will be ready with pepper spray grenades in case anyone farts and it gets too smelly

...and To Pet Police Dogs

Democracy won!

Where's the satire tho?

TOO SOON

Nutrition will be in the form of pepper balls.

Don't give them ideas.

how thoughtful 😍

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