Posted on 04/22/2020 10:29:46 AM PDT by Red in Blue PA
Georgia Democratic state Rep. Vernon Jones announced Tuesday he is resigning from his seat after last week endorsing President Trump's reelection -- a move that quickly earned him backlash from Georgia Democrats.
According to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Jones told The Rashad Richey Morning Show, a talk show in Atlanta, that despite his resignation he would not be leaving the Democratic Party because "somebody's got to be in there to hold them accountable -- hold them accountable to how they are treating black people [and] root out the bigotry."
"Turn the lights off, I have left the plantation," Jones said in a separate statement officially announcing his resignation, according to the Journal-Constitution. "Someone else can occupy that suite. Therefore, I intend not to complete my term effective April 22, 2020."
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The "inclusive" party.
What a joke the dems are. Hats off to this guy for seeing the light.
He has more stones than romney.
He should not have resigned his seat.
Why the HELL resign? Since you are resigned to be ousted anyway at the next election, why not just endorse Trump, stand by that decision, and change parties? What a weakling.
Should have switched parties.
Why not change party?
What if Jackie Robinson gave up baseball because of all the threats he and his family faced?
What if Rosa Parks decided to move to another seat?
What if Martin Luther King kept his dream to himself?
Grow a set Vernon Jones!
Otherwise, who will stand up for other black Americans?
Not sure why the DEMs would be upset. This gives them plenty of time to find a replacement and ramp up voter fraud for that seat.
Should have switched parties! What a weakling!!
Says he wants to stay in the party to hold them accountable.
He will no longer have a platform for that.
Should not have bent to party pressure to resign, imho.
Just depends on the severity of the death threats not made public IMO.
Could be.....
Perhaps he has something better in mind!!
#WALK AWAY
Half-principled.
A man of principles, but not gutsy enough to defend those principles.
Still, his first mistake was believing that democrats would understand, and his second mistake was becoming a democrat.
Did he not get the memo: “Orange man bad”?
I did not think his career would survive the endorsement. Sadly, I was right.
The Left is so tolerant and understanding.
That is why we have the Georgia State Police.
It is not like he is the first and only person to get death threats.
Dems are the biggest bunch of racists to ever walk this earth..they go around preaching that they are the party of tolerance, please..put a bunch of white liberals in a room together and hear how many times the N word is spewed
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