Political Rewind: Rulings come down on Medicaid, Water at polling places, Lindsey Graham's subpoena

Published: Aug. 22, 2022, 3:22 p.m.

Monday on Political Rewind: Gov. Kemp's Medicaid expansion with a work requirement has been approved by a federal judge. Sen. Lindsey Graham's order to appear in Fulton County has been temporarily blocked. And a judge refused to stay a ban on distributing food and water at polling places.\xa0\n\nThe Panel: \nAndra Gillespie, @AndraGillespie, professor of political science & director, James Weldon Johnson Institute for the Study of Race and Difference\nLeo Smith,\xa0@leosmithtweets,\xa0Republican consultant & found, Engaged Futures\nPatricia Murphy,\xa0MurphyAJC, columnist, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution\xa0\n\nTimestamps\n0:00 - Introductions\n3:00 - A federal judge in Brunswick has ruled that Gov. Kemp's Medicaid expansion with a work requirement can go into effect.\n17:00 - An Atlanta judge upheld the state's ban on distributing food and water in lines at polling places.\n28:00 - A panel of the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals allowed a temporary block of Sen. Lindsey Graham's testimony.\n34:00 - The Supreme Court removed Public Service Commissioner's races from Georgia's November ballots following a lower court's ruling that state practice disenfranchised minority voters.\n41:00 - Herschel Walker's appeal to Georgians.\n\nPlease sign up for Political Rewind's newsletter coming out later this afternoon: https://www.gpb.org/newsletters.