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Stacey Abrams’s Burning of Georgia Flag With Confederate Symbol Surfaces on Eve of Debate
NTY ^ | Oct. 22, 2018 | Richard Fausset

Posted on 10/22/2018 7:43:22 PM PDT by yesthatjallen

At a protest on the steps of the Georgia Capitol in 1992, Stacey Abrams, now the Democratic candidate for governor, joined in the burning of the state flag, which at the time incorporated the Confederate battle flag design and was viewed by many as a lingering symbol of white supremacy.

Ms. Abrams’s role in the protest, which took place around the end of her freshman year at Spelman College in Atlanta, has begun to emerge on social media on the eve of her first debate Tuesday with her Republican opponent, Secretary of State Brian Kemp. Mr. Kemp and his allies have sought to portray her as “too extreme for Georgia.”

If elected, Ms. Abrams, 44, would become the first black female governor in the nation. In August 2017, after the violent white supremacist demonstrations in Charlottesville, Va., Ms. Abrams injected the issue of Confederate memorials into the governor’s race by calling for the removal of the giant Confederate carving on Stone Mountain, a granite outcropping east of Atlanta, noting, correctly, its ties to white supremacy and the revival of the Ku Klux Klan.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Georgia; US: New York
KEYWORDS: atlanta; briankemp; confederateflag; dnctalkingpoint; dnctalkingpoints; flagburning; georgia; mediawingofthednc; newyork; newyorkcity; newyorkslimes; newyorktimes; nonplayercharacter; nonplayercharacters; npc; npcs; partisanmediashills; presstitutes; radical; richardfausset; smearmachine; spelmancollege; staceyabrams; stonemountain
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To: yesthatjallen

New York Slimes lies again...


21 posted on 10/22/2018 8:42:37 PM PDT by Deplorable American1776 (Proud to be a DeplorableAmerican with a Deplorable Family...even the dog is, too. :-))
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To: pepsi_junkie

It’s called Dekalb County. The hotels and other places that cant be a residence for anyone are packed with registered voters.


22 posted on 10/22/2018 9:47:02 PM PDT by Democrats hate too much
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...
At a protest on the steps of the Georgia Capitol in 1992, Stacey Abrams, now the Democratic candidate for governor, joined in the burning of the state flag... around the end of her freshman year at Spelman College in Atlanta, has begun to emerge on social media on the eve of her first debate Tuesday with her Republican opponent, Secretary of State Brian Kemp.

23 posted on 10/22/2018 10:06:04 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (and btw -- https://www.gofundme.com/for-rotator-cuff-repair-surgery)
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To: Liz

#19. When Holder said “When they go low, we kick them”.

The Nazi SS and SA street thugs in Germany in the 1930’s did the same thing to elderly Jews throughout German cities.

Holder really does fit the “black shirt/brown shirt” model, a student of leftist nutcase law professor Charles Ogletree (reparations).

See your anti-Semitic, anti-white ass in the streets, Eric. NOT!


24 posted on 10/22/2018 10:45:21 PM PDT by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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To: pepsi_junkie

One advantage we have against voter fraud in Georgia is that Brian Kemp, the guy running for Governor against Abrams, is the current Georgia Secretary of State — responsible for overseeing elections.


25 posted on 10/23/2018 12:58:27 AM PDT by poconopundit
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To: pepsi_junkie

Remember Sam Nunn’s daughter? Remember Jimmy Carter’s grandson? Remember John Ossoff? All of these Democrats were supposed to bring Georgia back to the Democrats. This latest news about Abrahms will sink her with those white old time Democrats in South Georgia. It should solidifie Georgia as Red!!


26 posted on 10/23/2018 2:59:06 AM PDT by southernerwithanattitude (New and Improved Redneck!)
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To: southernerwithanattitude

President Trump did not win any of the most populated counties in the state.

https://www.politico.com/2016-election/results/map/president/georgia/


27 posted on 10/23/2018 3:14:49 AM PDT by Dacula
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To: yesthatjallen

She’s Toast Captain. Georgia looks on.


28 posted on 10/23/2018 3:46:08 AM PDT by CptnObvious (Question her now.)
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To: Dacula

Yeah, rural Georgia turned out in droves. The gerrymandered districts and cities did their usual crap.


29 posted on 10/23/2018 3:49:06 AM PDT by CptnObvious (Question her now.)
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To: Dacula

Really? Pretty sure he won almost all of the outside the perimeter counties.


30 posted on 10/23/2018 4:14:00 AM PDT by southernerwithanattitude (New and Improved Redneck!)
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To: southernerwithanattitude

Likely did.
Problem is he didn’t win the high-density population counties.
And they’re growing faster than rural counties.
GA is at risk of flipping, thanks to Leftists moving to Atlanta.


31 posted on 10/23/2018 6:22:37 AM PDT by ctdonath2 (The Red Queen wasn't kidding.)
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To: MadMax, the Grinning Reaper; SkyPilot; Roman_War_Criminal; null and void

[Holder really does fit the “black shirt/brown shirt” model, a student of leftist nutcase law professor Charles Ogletree (reparations).]

Of course. Manchurian Candidate Barack Hussein Obama was careful who he chose. A radical. Like himself.


32 posted on 10/23/2018 10:01:43 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: Williams

>>And could the “news” article be any more biased?<<

Of course it couldn’t. If it could have been, the NYT would have already dismissed Williams.


33 posted on 10/23/2018 1:39:38 PM PDT by fortes fortuna juvat (Well do you want them knocking on your front doorAmerica is being destroyed by Democrats and RINOs.)
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