The top election official in Georgia expressed his excitement about his state’s appearance in the last season of Larry David’s popular HBO show.
Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger wrote a letter to David making fun of a significant part of the plot in “Curb Your Enthusiasm”: David, who portrays a exaggerated version of himself in the show, was arrested for giving a bottle of water to someone waiting in line to vote in Atlanta, which breaks state election law.
The A report by Atlanta Journal-Constitution indicated that the letter was obtained through a public records request. It includes multiple jokes about the show, directed at David, and even refers to former President Trump, who faces charges in Georgia linked to his attempts to overturn the 2020 presidential election. The publication received a copy of the letter through a public records request. It includes several jokes about the show, aimed at David, and also hints at former President Trump, who is facing charges in Georgia related to his efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election.
Former President Trump took a mug shot at the Fulton County jail in August, and David’s mug shot in the show intentionally resembles Trump’s.
In the letter, Raffensperger praised David “for being the first and only person to be arrested for distributing water bottles to voters within 150 feet of a polling station.”
“We’re sorry if you didn’t receive celebrity treatment at the local jail. Unfortunately, they are accustomed to more famous celebrities. It’s like the TMZ of mugshots,” he wrote.
“Considering the obvious concern you have about voting access in Georgia, you’ll be pleased to know that waiting times for all voters in the last two major elections were under two minutes, even with record turnout,” Raffensperger added.
In the first episode of this season, David gives a bottle of water to his friend Leon’s aunt, who is in line at a polling place. He is quickly approached by officers, who inform him that he has violated the state’s Election Integrity Act.
“It is against the law in Georgia for anyone to give food or water to voters waiting in line at the polls,” one officer tells him.
As he is being taken away, David is bewildered by the nature of the law, which was established in 2021.
“That’s cruel — what kind of law?” he protests. “Are you serious?”
Raffensperger is not the first Georgia official to react to the “Curb” plot. In February, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R) condemned the show for portraying Trump supporters as “racists and red necks.”
“I watched this week’s episode of ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’ and it was a glaring reminder of why most Georgians resent Republicans in our state for inviting the nasty commies from California, the Hollywood elites, into our state by dishing out Hollywood tax credits,” Greene said in a post on X, formerly known as Twitter.
