Unfortunately, Georgia remains in the center of conversations about voter protection and voter integrity, in part because, while we had two leaders who did the right thing for one day on the issue of certifying that election, Brian Kemp and Brad Raffensperger had been part of the dog-whistle approach to amplifying those very same challenges.

We know that Ruby Freeman has faced untold peril. That she faced threats. But what she needs to know is that as the next governor of Georgia, my plan is to make certain that she has the protection she needs.

We need a governor who believes in both public safety and justice. It’s going to invest in our public safety officers, but also invest in our communities.

Four years, Brian Kemp is taken Georgia backwards. He put us backwards on guns, said law enforcement, and made it easier for criminals to carry guns in public. He wrote back women’s rights, vowing to make abortion a crime with ten years in prison.

I am tired of hearing about being the best state in the country to do business when we are the worst state in the country to live.

What is happening is that people are looking at one metric and trying to extrapolate an entire narrative. And the narrative is very clear, voter suppression is not about stopping voting. It is about impeding certain voters from participating.

I am tired of hearing about being the best state in the country to do business, when we are the worst state in the country to live.

I have yet to hear them articulate a plan for the future of Georgia. I have yet to hear them talk about why they will not expand Medicaid and provide coverage to half-a-million Georgians.

What I am willing to do is make sure every voice is counted, every vote gets cast. And even if they don’t vote for me, I’m going to fight to make sure our democracy works in Georgia, because that’s what leadership looks like.

And so, for me, the issue was this. You can either listen to him fight about my record -- I mean, my rhetoric, or we can ask him about his record. And Brian Kemp's record is a failed record of leadership. And it is time for him to retire.

I will take responsibility for who I am and for what I do. And I want to be the governor who takes responsibility for lifting the state up to the greatness that we deserve.