Georgia's Stacey Abrams Admits Defeat, Says Kemp Used 'Deliberate' Suppression To Win
Republican Brian Kemp will be the next governor of Georgia, with Democrat Stacey Abrams admitting Friday afternoon that there was no path to victory, following a bitter 10-day battle since Election Day.
"I acknowledge that former Secretary of State Brian Kemp will be certified as the victor in the 2018 gubernatorial election," Abrams said. "But to watch an elected official who claims to represent the people in this state baldly pin his hopes for election on suppression of the people's democratic right to vote has been truly appalling."
In a fiery speech, Abrams insisted this was no normal concession, decrying the voter "deliberate and intentional" voter suppression by Kemp that she believed had led to this conclusion.
https://www.npr.org/2018/11/16/668753230/democrat-stacey-abrams-ends-bid-for-georgia-governor-decrying-suppression
Botany
(70,594 posts)"But to watch an elected official who claims to represent the people in this state baldly pin his hopes for election on suppression of the people's democratic right to vote has been truly appalling."
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(21,812 posts). . .just sayin'.