Georgia voting law 'built on a lie' -White House

"The Georgia legislation is build on a lie," Psaki told reporters.

She said that Republican lawmakers' claims that a new measure would curb voting fraud flew in the face of the facts.

"There was no widespread fraud in the 2020 election," she said. "What there was, however, was record-setting turnout, especially by voters of color."

Democrats won two Georgia runoff races for the U.S. Senate, thanks in part to a surge of African-Americans taking advantage of early voting rules.

Psaki said that reality is what drove Georgia Republicans to change voting laws.

"For politicians who didn't like the outcome, they're not changing their policies to win more votes. They're changing the rules to exclude more voters," she said.

Psaki's comments came in response to a question about the decision by Major League Baseball to move its annual All-Star Game from Georgia to Colorado.

Professional baseball and other large U.S. corporations, including Coca-Cola and Delta have criticized Georgia's election law.