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Black lawmaker Mesha Mainor who defected from Democrats to join Republicans says the African-American vote has been taken for granted for 50 YEARS as evidence grows that Biden's support is collapsing
UK Daily Mail ^
| 12/09/2023
| Rob Crilly
Posted on 12/09/2023 1:12:41 PM PST by DFG
'No one ever tells us what the Democrat platform is or what the Republican platform is,' said Georgia state Rep. Mesha Mainor in her cramped office.
'They just say you're a Democrat. And this is how you vote.'
That was not good enough for Mainor, an African-American in a state where the Black vote powered Joe Biden to Georgia's 16 electoral college votes in 2020.
Earlier this year the woman elected as a Democrat in 2020 did the unthinkable, crossing the aisle to become the only Black Republican in the state legislature.
Her decision was driven by failing schools, the need for better security on the streets of Atlanta, and a growing sense that Democrats were not acting in the best interests of her Black constituents.
The switch triggered a rapid backlash, including a torrent of online abuse from people telling her to kill herself or making reference to 'Aunt Jemima.'
But during an interview with DailyMail.com she said she was confident that she could win reelection as a Republican in a largely Black and impoverished district.
Her town hall events have become busier since she switched, she added, suggesting that she was in step with her voters and a growing mistrust of Democrats.
'I feel like the story is going to be especially among minority voters that we've been listening to you guys for 50 years,' she said.
'You can't keep telling us one more law that we're gonna believe. We're done.
'And I'm just the first Black Republican in metro Atlanta that has ever been in a position like this.'
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
TOPICS: US: Georgia
KEYWORDS: atlanta; black; democrat; democrats; georgia; mainor; meshamainor; vote
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posted on
12/09/2023 1:12:41 PM PST
by
DFG
To: DFG
Dems still have the cheat machine.
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posted on
12/09/2023 1:14:56 PM PST
by
brownsfan
(It's going to take real, serious, hard times to wake the American public.)
To: DFG
That was not good enough for Mainor, an African-American in a state where the Black vote powered Joe Biden to Georgia's 16 electoral college votes in 2020. Sure. There sure were a lot of blacks who showed up to vote because they were so incensed by that water main break at 4:00 am...
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posted on
12/09/2023 1:17:29 PM PST
by
fhayek
To: brownsfan
Dems still have the cheat machine.“
Yes they do, that and millions of bought and paid for illegals voters.
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posted on
12/09/2023 1:18:58 PM PST
by
gibsonguy
To: DFG
It’s interesting to see shifts in political allegiances. Mesha Mainor’s perspective highlights concerns about the African-American vote being taken for granted, adding to discussions about political dynamics.
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posted on
12/09/2023 1:20:17 PM PST
by
Jyotishi
(Seeking the truth, a fact at a time.)
To: brownsfan
“Dems still have the cheat machine.”
There must be reasons why they are the only ones, if so.
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posted on
12/09/2023 1:22:38 PM PST
by
Jyotishi
(Seeking the truth, a fact at a time.)
To: DFG
Welcome, Meisha Mainor! But I gotta be honest: Republicans take their consituents’ vote for granted, too.
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posted on
12/09/2023 1:30:36 PM PST
by
BradyLS
(DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
To: DFG
Whoa. Blacks getting uppity? Sounds like Biden and crew will have to break out the FBI (KKK successor) to handle the domestic terrorism on the plantation.
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posted on
12/09/2023 1:40:54 PM PST
by
RetiredTexasVet
(Biden not only suffers fools and criminals, he appoints them to positions of responsibility. )
To: DFG
in a state where the Black vote powered Joe Biden to Georgia's 16 electoral college votes in 2020.Did it? Did it really? Tell a lie often enough...
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posted on
12/09/2023 1:41:38 PM PST
by
Sicon
("All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others." - G. Orwell>)
To: DFG
Actually if people paid attention to the numbers this has been trending for a few years now, it’s just none of this has impacted the electoral level because when you have 80% support drop to 70% support, it’s not observable on the election result level in a lot cities. But if the trend continues, at some point it’s going to threaten to affect outcomes of elections, only then will media and pundits start to pay attention.
To: DFG
LBJ, with his ‘gret society’ program, stated with joy, that this program turns those (n*****s) into Democrat voters for 100 years!
To: DFG
I hope she is correct. However, it is who counts the votes that matters.
To: BradyLS
“Welcome, Meisha Mainor! But I gotta be honest: Republicans take their consituents’ vote for granted, too.”
It’s not the idiotic GOP that’s drawing the black vote. It’s DJT.
The Dems take them for granted and the Pubs won’t court them.
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posted on
12/09/2023 2:58:49 PM PST
by
OSHA
(Dale Carnegie has a restraining order against me.)
To: DFG
The DUH award has been given
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posted on
12/09/2023 3:07:57 PM PST
by
Vaduz
(....)
To: DFG
DEAD Senator Robert Byrd has “NO COMMENT” on his headstone.
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posted on
12/09/2023 3:16:18 PM PST
by
Mark
(DONATE ONCE every 3 months-is that a big deal?)
To: DFG
But Biden will not be the nominee.
How do they like the new one?
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posted on
12/09/2023 4:19:15 PM PST
by
frank ballenger
(There's a battle outside and it's raging.It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls.)
To: brownsfan
Yes, but if black democrats get tired of the supporting the machine with no results, they would make interesting witnesses with immunity deals.
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posted on
12/09/2023 6:08:36 PM PST
by
Sertorius
(A hayseed with no Greek and dam^ proud of it)
To: DFG
I am predicting that Trump will get very close to 50% of the black vote.
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posted on
12/09/2023 9:08:57 PM PST
by
Revolutionary
("Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition!")
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posted on
12/10/2023 6:40:53 AM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
To: DFG
What? What? So the black community isn’t going to be bought off by democrats with one more ‘community center’ that hires twelve people?
And another street named MLK?
There is hope.
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posted on
12/10/2023 7:56:38 AM PST
by
GOPJ
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