Enough with old white men, already
Stacy Abrams during a campaign speech:
"I am tired of hearing about being the best state in the country to do business when we are the worst state in the country to live. When you're number 48 for mental health, when you're number one for maternal mortality, when you have an incarceration rate that's on the rise and wages that are on the decline, then you are not the number one place to live in the United States.
But we can get there. You see, Georgia is capable of greatness. We just need greatness to be in our governor's office."
Her adversary's, David Perdue, lofty response?
"When she told Black farmers, 'You don't need to be on the farm,' and she told Black workers in hospitality and all this, 'You don't need to be' – she is demeaning her own race when it comes to that. She said that Georgia is the worst place in the country to live. Hey, she ain't from here. Let her go back where she came from if she doesn't like it here."
Later, Perdue doubled down on his comments in a Newsmax interview. "She's not from here," Perdue he said. "My inclination is to say, 'Well look, if you don't like it, go back to where you came from.'"
Abrams has called Georgia her home since her early teens. So what exactly was he saying? And who here will defend it?
"I am tired of hearing about being the best state in the country to do business when we are the worst state in the country to live. When you're number 48 for mental health, when you're number one for maternal mortality, when you have an incarceration rate that's on the rise and wages that are on the decline, then you are not the number one place to live in the United States.
But we can get there. You see, Georgia is capable of greatness. We just need greatness to be in our governor's office."
Her adversary's, David Perdue, lofty response?
"When she told Black farmers, 'You don't need to be on the farm,' and she told Black workers in hospitality and all this, 'You don't need to be' – she is demeaning her own race when it comes to that. She said that Georgia is the worst place in the country to live. Hey, she ain't from here. Let her go back where she came from if she doesn't like it here."
Later, Perdue doubled down on his comments in a Newsmax interview. "She's not from here," Perdue he said. "My inclination is to say, 'Well look, if you don't like it, go back to where you came from.'"
Abrams has called Georgia her home since her early teens. So what exactly was he saying? And who here will defend it?
