7 Things: Trump walks back Constitution comments; AG wants quick execution review; and more ...

7. Georgia election happening today

Historic turnout in Georgia’s runoff election for United States Senate has the state’s top election official saying, there has been a “perfect balance between accessibility and security.”
Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger said that more than one-quarter of Georgia’s voters have voted early; turnout has been majority female but also highest among Georgians 60-75 years old.

6. Fentanyl pandemic rages on

An open border has led to an increase in fentanyl deaths. U.S. Rep. Barry Moore (R-Enterprise) put the blame on President Joe Biden and his administration, saying, “every single drug trafficker south of the border would vote for Joe Biden for president.”
Moore says that the border is at its breaking point and added, “President Biden must take concrete actions to reverse these trends and implement policies to strengthen border integrity – which must include building a wall – and end the demonization of law enforcement.”

5. Big Tech’s overreach

The latest news from Twitter CEO Elon Musk showed that Big Tech has been operating a censorship operation with flimsy reasoning leading up to and following the 2020 presidential election. U.S. Rep. Jerry Carl (R-Mobile) says the new Republican House majority will be chasing the truth behind this story and “get answers for the American people and bring the accountability the American people deserve.”
The censoring of the salaciousness of the Hunter Biden laptop story gets all the news but Carl wrote an opinion piece for Yellowhammer News explaining, “[t]he documents released show the Biden campaign was in direct contact with Twitter urging them to censor content that their campaign did not want you and me to see.”

4. More forensic labs needed

State Rep.-elect Kerry Underwood (R-Muscle Shoals) is highlighting what he views as a major problem hindering law enforcement investigations across the state of Alabama – a lack of forensic labs. With waits of six to eight months for labs to do their work, Underwood believes more funding is necessary to get this work done quicker and more labs are needed.
Former U.S. Attorney Jay Town responded on Twitter that there could be another solution: “A better idea is to have a case management system that lets DFS know when a case has been disposed of so they don’t test the dope/blood after the plea agreement. Has to be automated and automatic. That would cut the DFS workload down by about 80-90%.” When asked about this, Underwood said he agrees and will look into that, too.

3. “Running gun battle” kills Birmingham’s 134th person

A gun battle that killed one and injured two, started on Monday afternoon near Huffman High School with as many as 20 rounds fired in one of the bursts of gunfire between at least two cars. Apartments and vehicles were also struck so the injury/death count could have been much higher.
This homicide came after a shooting on Friday led the city to surpass Birmingham’s 2021 homicide total and puts it within striking distance of the 1991 record of 141.

2. Justice delayed is justice denied

Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall responded to Gov. Kay Ivey’s call for a moratorium on executions for convicted killers by denying her request. He added that what is happening with executions is a “travesty” but not because of what is happening to the murderers, he then expressed sympathy for the families who have not received justice.
In denying the moratorium, Marshall agreed to a review of the process but continued, “The well known axiom is true: ‘Justice delayed is justice denied,’ and referenced two murderers, ‘In Alabama, we acknowledge there are some crimes that are so heinous, atrocious and cruel, so depraved, that the only just punishment is death,’ he said. ‘Kenny Smith, like Alan Miller before him, succeeded in only postponing, not escaping, that just punishment.’”

1. Trump walks back comments on U.S. Constitution

Former President and candidate for president in 2024 Donald Trump took heat from the media and their Democrats, as well as numerous conservatives, for comments about how the revelations by Elon Musk reveal, “[a] Massive Fraud of this type and magnitude allows for the termination of all rules, regulations, and articles, even those found in the Constitution.”
Trump says he is misunderstood and wasn’t suggesting terminating any part of the U.S. Constitution, even though that is what he said. He posted on his not-Twitter site, “The Fake News is actually trying to convince the American People that I said I wanted to “terminate” the Constitution. This is simply more DISINFORMATION & LIES, just like RUSSIA, RUSSIA, RUSSIA, and all of their other HOAXES & SCAMS. What I said was that when there is “MASSIVE & WIDESPREAD FRAUD & DECEPTION,” as has been irrefutably proven in the 2020 Presidential Election, steps must be immediately taken to RIGHT THE WRONG. Only FOOLS would disagree with that and accept STOLEN ELECTIONS. MAGA!”