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BRIAN: AFTER A FIERCE BATTLE
GOVERNOR'S RACE KIND OF
BRIAN KEMP WON BY 55,000
VOTES.
STACEY ABRAMS NOT CONCEDING
THE RACE BUT NOT ACCEPTING
THE RESULTS.
>> IT WAS NOT A FREE AND
FAIR ELECTION.
WE HAD THOUSANDS OF
GEORGIANS PURGED FROM THE
ROLLS.
BRIAN KEMP OVERSAW FOR 8
YEARS THE SYSTEMATIC AND
SYSTEMIC DISMANTLING OF OUR
DEMOCRACY.
THAT MEANS THERE COULD NOT
BE FREE AND FAIR ELECTIONS
IN GEORGIA THIS YEAR.
BRIAN: THE ACCUSATION.
HERE TO REACT IN ITS FIRST
NATIONAL TV INTERVIEW SINCE
WINNING THE GOVERNOR'S RACE
IS GOVERNOR ELECT FORMER
SOON TO BE FORMER SECRETARY
OF STATE FOR GEORGIA BRIAN
KEMP.
GOVERNOR, YOU WON BY 55,000
VOTES.
BUT CLEARLY STACEY ABRAMS IS
NOT ACCEPTING IT BASICALLY
IT SEEMS LIKE SHE IS SAYING
YOU CHEATED BY CANCELING
1.4 MILLION PEOPLE OFF VOTER
ROLLS SINCE 2011.
WHAT'S YOUR REACTION?
>> WELL, YOU KNOW, LOOK,
BRIAN, I'M MOVING ON.
I'M THE GOVERNOR ELECT.
THE ELECTION HAS BEEN
CERTIFIED.
THIS SIN DEED OVER AND I'M
LOOKING FORWARD TO SERVING
HARD-WORKING GEORGIANS AND
THAT INCLUDES ALL OF THEM BY
THE WAY.
IT'S UNFAIR FOR HER TO
BLAME, ESPECIALLY LOCAL
ELECTION OFFICIALS THAT ARE
FOLLOWING THE LAW WHEN IT
COMES TO THESE THINGS FOR
RELIGION STRARKS HOW THINGS
ARE CONDUCTED ON ELECTION
DAY.
IN GEORGIA WE HAVE SECURED
ACCESSIBLE FAIR ELECTIONS.
WE MAKE IT EASY TO VOTE AND
HARD TO CHEAT.
WE SAW THE EASY TO VOTE
PART.
WE HAD 1.4 MILLION MORE
VOTERS IN THIS ELECTION THAN
WE DID IN THE LAST
GOVERNOR'S RACE.
A HISTORIC TURNOUT.
WE HAVE A MILLION MORE
PEOPLE ON THE ROLLS BECAUSE
I PUSHED FOR AND IMPLEMENTED
ONLINE VOTER REGISTRATION
WHERE PEOPLE COULD REGISTER
TO VOTE 24 HOURS A DAY,
SEVEN DAYS A WEEK.
IF MY OPPONENT AND HER
ACTIVIST GROUPS HAD USED THE
ONLINE SYSTEM THEY WOULDN'T
HAVE HAD AS MANY PROBLEMS AS
THEY DID WITH FOLKS THAT
THEY WERE REGISTERING.
BY THE WAY, THE PENDING
LIST, MY DAUGHTER WAS ONE OF
THOSE FOLKS ON THE PENDING
LIST BECAUSE SHE WAS 17 AND
A HALF WHEN SHE REGISTERED
AND YOU HAVE TO BE 18 TO BE
ON THE LIST.
THE DAY SHE TURNED 18, CAME
OFF PENDING AND WENT ON THE
VOTER ROLLS AND VOTED FOR ME
NOVEMBER THE 6TH.
THE PROCESS WORKED DOWN
HERE.
WE ARE PROUD OF THAT NOBODY
IS QUESTIONING THE
DEMOCRATS' WINS KNOCKING OFF
ONE OF OUR CONGRESSWOMEN IN
THE STATE OF GEORGIA.
THEY ARE NOT QUESTIONING THE
LOCAL RACES THAT THEY WON.
THIS IS REALLY JUST
POLITICAL RHETORIC.
THAT'S IN THE PAST.
I'M MOVING FORWARD AND
LOOKING FORWARD TO GOVERNING
OUR GREAT STATE.
BRIAN: SHE SAYS YOU SET UP
LESS POLLING LOCATIONS
ESPECIALLY IN URBAN AREAS.
>> THAT'S JUST A MISTRUTH.
THE COUNTY ELECTION
OFFICIALS, THE LOCAL
ELECTION BOARDS HAVE THE
SOLE RESPONSIBILITY FOR HOW
MANY POLLING LOCATIONS THEY
HAVE AND WHERE THEY ARE.
THAT HAS BEEN THE RULE OF
LAW AND THE WAY IT WORKS IN
GEORGIA UNDER REPUBLICAN AND
DEMOCRAT SECRETARIES OF
STATE.
THAT'S JUST NOT TRUE.
BY THE WAY, THE ONE COUNTY
THAT THIS WAS AN ISSUE WITH
BEFORE THE ELECTION, THEY
ARE CONTROLLED BY DEMOCRATS.
YOU KNOW, SO SHE IS BLAMING
ME FOR A PROBLEM THAT THEY
CREATED.
IT'S JUST RIDICULOUS.
AND PEOPLE DIDN'T BUY IT IN
THIS ELECTION WHICH IS WHY I
GOT THE MOST VOTES EVER IN A
GEORGIA GOVERNOR'S RACE.
STEVE: SHE ALSO SAYS THIS
EXACT MATCH LAW DIDN'T WORK
TO HER BEHALF.
WHAT IS THE EXACT MATCH LAW?
>> WELL, LOOK, WE HAVE LAWS
ON THE BOOKS IN GEORGIA.
AND I KNOW SHE MAY NOT LIKE
SOME OF THE LAWS, BUT WE
TAKE AN OATH OF OFFICE AND
THE COUNTY ELECTION
OFFICIALS HAVE A DUTY TO
FOLLOW THE LAW AND ELECTION
RULES THAT WE HAVE IN OUR
STATE.
WE CHECK CITIZENSHIP.
WE REQUIRE PEOPLE TO SHOW
PHOTO ID WHEN THEY GO VOTE.
WE VERIFY THIS INFORMATION
BEFORE PEOPLE GO ON THE
VOTER ROLLS.
YOU KNOW, IF PEOPLE HAD
SIMPLY USED THE ONLINE
SYSTEM WHERE YOU JUST PUT
YOUR DRIVER'S LICENSE
INFORMATION IN, THEY COULD
GET REGISTERED TO VOTE.
75% OF THE PEOPLE ON THIS
LIST, BRIAN, COULD NOT FILL
OUT THE LAST FOUR OF THEIR
SOCIAL.
SHE IS BLAMING ME AND LOCAL
ELECTION OFFICIALS FOR THAT
IT'S RIDICULOUS.
PRINEL BRIAN SHE IS, TO HER
CREDIT, PUSHING BACK ON
HOLIDAY WHO WANTS TO BOYCOTT
YOUR STATE BECAUSE THEY
THINK THIS WHOLE ELECTION
WASN'T ON THE UP AND UP.
GIVE STACEY ABRAMS CREDIT
FOR THAT CONGRATULATIONS TO