Stacey Abrams: “Yes. … There was a deliberate and intentonal disinvestment and I think destruction

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CNN's Jake Tapper: “Do you think there was deliberate interference in the election?”

Former Georgia Democratic gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams: “Yes. … There was a deliberate and intentional disinvestment and I think destruction of the administration of elections in the state of Georgia.”https://cnn.it/2Dvgz24

 

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George H.W. Bush RepubliKlan adviser denounces Georgia’s Brian Kemp:

‘He cheated & undermined democracy every step of the way’


November 17 2018 | https://www.rawstory.com/2018/11/top-gop-adviser-denounces-georgias-brian-kemp-cheated-undermined-democracy-every-step-way/

A top Republican adviser denounced Georgia’s governor-elect Brian Kemp as a “hack” who stole the election.

John Weaver, a political strategist for former president George H.W. Bush and a presidential campaign adviser to the late John McCain, now works for Ohio’s Republican Gov. John Kasich — and he didn’t mince words when it came to Kemp.

“This hack @BrianKempGA is the next “governor*” of Georgia,” Weaver tweeted. “But he cheated & undermined democracy every step of the way. @staceyabrams should be governor, but isn’t due to actions that can’t be tolerated. She has a bright future. We need a new, enforceable Voting Rights Act. Now!”



Democrat Stacey Abrams announced Friday she would end her gubernatorial campaign, but she refused to concede to Kemp — who oversaw as Georgia’s secretary of state an election clouded by voter suppression and malfunctioning equipment.

“Concession means to acknowledge an action is right, true or proper. As a woman of conscience and faith, I cannot concede,” Abrams said. “I will not concede because the erosion of our democracy is not right.”

 

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A top Republican adviser

a political strategist for former president George H.W. Bush and a presidential campaign adviser to the late John McCain

now works for Ohio’s Republican Gov. John Kasich

Whether or not he is sincere in his comments— great early positioning for his client Kasich setting an early tone against 2020 Trump.

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Stacey Abrams Will Deliver the Democrat’s
Response to Trump’s State of the Union



POLITICS
Why Democrats Picked Stacey Abrams to Deliver Their Trump Counterpunch
The decision to tap Abrams for their State of the Union response reflects the importance of this year’s address to the party.

JOHN BAZEMORE / AP
Usually, the only things that most Americans can remember about the annual response to the president’s State of the Union address are the memes: the extremely awkward sips of water; the shiny lips and weirdly prominent sports car; the stilted, staged setup. The speaker’s actual remarks, which represent the messaging of the president’s opposition party, are usually secondary—earnest, perfunctory, and then, mercifully, over. The real function of these televised speeches, sandwiched between hours of nitpicking commentary, is to signal that a party has identified its chosen speaker as a rising star.

That’s why the Democrats’ selection of Stacey Abrams to deliver this year’s response is so intriguing. Abrams, who narrowly lost the Georgia governor’s race to the Republican Brian Kemp in November, has perhaps become more prominent and integral to the party since her defeat. The speech will likely function less as an acknowledgment of her potential, and more as a genuine rebuttal to President Donald Trump—one delivered by a politician who’s already become an avatar of effective anti-Trumpism messaging, thanks to her campaign against Kemp, and at a time, days after the government shutdown, when the president is newly vulnerable.


“At a moment when our nation needs to hear from leaders who can unite for a common purpose, I am honored to be delivering the Democratic State of the Union response,” Abrams said in a statement Tuesday, after her speech was announced. “I plan to deliver a vision for prosperity and equality, where everyone in our nation has a voice and where each of those voices is heard.”


More: https://www.theatlantic.com/politic...-abrams-will-rebut-trumps-state-union/581674/