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Stacey Abrams acknowledges Brian Kemp win in Georgia governor's race
CNN (Booooooo!!) ^ | Nov 16, 2018 | Gregory Krieg

Posted on 11/16/2018 2:57:06 PM PST by upchuck

Democrat Stacey Abrams on Friday acknowledged that Republican Brian Kemp will become the next governor of Georgia, ending her bid to become the first black woman in American history to lead a state...

"So let's be clear -- this is not a speech of concession, because concession means to acknowledge an action is right, true or proper," she said. "As a woman of conscience and faith, I cannot concede that. But, my assessment is the law currently allows no further viable remedy. Now, I can certainly bring a new case to keep this one contest alive, but I don't want to hold public office if I need to scheme my way into the post. Because the title of governor isn't nearly as important as our shared title -- voters. And that is why we fight on." Abrams had previously described Kemp as an "architect of voter suppression" and in her remarks said he had purposefully made the process a "gut-wrenching hardship" for many in Georgia. "Under the watch of the now former secretary of state, democracy failed Georgia," Abrams said of Kemp, who served as the state's chief elections officer for nearly a decade before resigning after overseeing his own contest.

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To: upchuck

as if we need her concession


61 posted on 11/16/2018 4:57:45 PM PST by SMGFan ( .)
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To: fieldmarshaldj; BillyBoy; Galactic Overlord-In-Chief; LS; AuH2ORepublican; randita; ...

In other news, Mia Love now up 419 votes. 202 sucks but it’s better than 201.


62 posted on 11/16/2018 4:58:26 PM PST by Impy (I have no virtue to signal.)
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To: Presbyterian Reporter

Dental work costs money. Does Stacey have any room left on her credit cards?


63 posted on 11/16/2018 5:11:14 PM PST by rightwingintelligentsia (Democrats: The perfect party for the helpless and stupid, and those who would rule over them.)
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To: ptsal

Purge the dead & the moved from the voter rolls.

NO motor voter laws.

Quit giving driver’s licenses to ILLEGALS.


64 posted on 11/16/2018 5:23:47 PM PST by ridesthemiles
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To: upchuck

But but but can’t she get her sister the judge to disqualify Governor Kemp?


65 posted on 11/16/2018 5:35:16 PM PST by jmaroneps37 (Conservatism is truth. Liberal is lies.)
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To: DarthVader

I sincerely hope you’re right. But the RATS are audacious. I fear the 2018 midterms were just a learning ground in how to steal elections. 2020 may be a bloodbath.


66 posted on 11/16/2018 6:10:08 PM PST by upchuck (Once political violence becomes common, the toothpaste is difficult to put back in the tube. ~Lifson)
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To: upchuck
2020 may will be a bloodbath.

Democrats will be all in, so Republicans better be ready.

68 posted on 11/16/2018 6:13:19 PM PST by Repeal 16-17 (Let me know when the Shooting starts.)
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To: upchuck

later bich


69 posted on 11/16/2018 6:16:05 PM PST by Soros Billions (Gore is a pussy, Hillary : There's a man for ya)
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To: upchuck

Well at least she wasn’t a poor sport about it!


70 posted on 11/16/2018 6:17:30 PM PST by Professional
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To: BlackAdderess

My source must have been wrong. I too, can find no evidence. Made an ass of myself it would seem. Not the first time and I doubt the last. But she does seem to be a power hungry woman ready to put the foot on our necks if we don’t go her way.


71 posted on 11/16/2018 6:19:20 PM PST by rustyboots
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To: upchuck

It was a learning ground and their epitaph. They have been caught.


72 posted on 11/16/2018 6:22:23 PM PST by DarthVader (Not by speeches & majority decisions will the great issues of today be decided but by Blood & Iron)
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To: upchuck

Hope she sues as she claims she will - would give SCOTUS a chance to allow States to protect the integrity/openness of the system...


73 posted on 11/17/2018 2:52:57 AM PST by trebb (Those who don't donate anything tend to be empty gasbags...no-value-added types)
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To: rustyboots

It happens. Best thing to do is what you just did :)


74 posted on 11/17/2018 7:06:46 AM PST by BlackAdderess (Dear GOP, please learn to punish bad behavior and reward good behavior instead of the opposite)
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