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RandySF

(58,884 posts)
Tue Jun 30, 2020, 04:34 PM Jun 2020

GA-06: Lucy McBath's GOP challenger: She should 'look at issues beyond' her murdered son

Karen Handel, the GOP nominee in the race for a competitive House seat in Georgia, was caught on video saying her opponent, Democratic Rep. Lucy McBath, needs to "look at issues beyond" her dead son.

Video of the Handel making the remarks was obtained by the American Independent Foundation.

Handel is running in a rematch against McBath, a freshman Democrat who was inspired to run for Congress after the Parkland, Florida, high school mass shooting in 2018 and after her Black son, Jordan Davis, was murdered at the age of 17 in 2012 by a white man angry that Davis and his friends were playing loud music in their car.

McBath defeated Handel for the seat in Georgia's 6th Congressional District in 2018. During the campaign, she ran ads highlighting her personal story and how it had sparked her interest in serving in Congress.



https://americanindependent.com/karen-handel-lucy-mcbath-gun-violence-jordan-davis-murder-georgia-house-congress/

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GA-06: Lucy McBath's GOP challenger: She should 'look at issues beyond' her murdered son (Original Post) RandySF Jun 2020 OP
wow... BGBD Jun 2020 #1
Nicely tone deaf GreenPartyVoter Jun 2020 #2
Handel really is deplorable. Hoyt Jun 2020 #3
+1000 This. Plus, she was a rethuglican SOS of Georgia during the paperless DRE era. diva77 Jun 2020 #7
and... a college failure. CurtEastPoint Jun 2020 #9
Any link to info about that? thanks diva77 Jun 2020 #10
And mind you, there's nothing wrong with that but I like to see someone with some education CurtEastPoint Jun 2020 #11
a literal and figurative Karen 0rganism Jun 2020 #4
The original Karen greymattermom Jun 2020 #5
That's a despicable comment peggysue2 Jun 2020 #6
A true KKKaren. cayugafalls Jun 2020 #8
Ah...Karen Handel Who Singlehandedly Nearly Destroyed Susan G. Komen for the Cure Me. Jun 2020 #12
Yes, the Ur-Karen musette_sf Jun 2020 #17
These people don't even try to pretend PatSeg Jun 2020 #13
Karen H needs to know she's a despicable asshole & treasonous Cha Jun 2020 #14
Spread the video please please malaise Jun 2020 #15
shes a despicable piece of shit RT Atlanta Jun 2020 #16

CurtEastPoint

(18,646 posts)
11. And mind you, there's nothing wrong with that but I like to see someone with some education
Tue Jun 30, 2020, 05:05 PM
Jun 2020

Wiki: Handel attended both Prince George's Community College, in Largo, Maryland,[13] and the University of Maryland, University College, in Adelphi, Maryland,[13] but did not earn degree.[17]

and from COngress bios: https://bioguideretro.congress.gov/Home/MemberDetails?memIndex=H001078

peggysue2

(10,829 posts)
6. That's a despicable comment
Tue Jun 30, 2020, 04:54 PM
Jun 2020

And a tone-deaf criticism--she needs to look beyond her dead son. Particularly when that tragic experience is absolutely aligned to what is churning throughout the country's conscience in real time, the senseless killing of young black men.

Handel needs to be swept away into the Deep Blue Sea. Hopefully, the voters in Georgia will do just that.

Me.

(35,454 posts)
12. Ah...Karen Handel Who Singlehandedly Nearly Destroyed Susan G. Komen for the Cure
Tue Jun 30, 2020, 05:22 PM
Jun 2020

“In 2010, Handel ran for Governor of Georgia,[1] narrowly losing the Republican primary to Nathan Deal, who portrayed Handel as overly supportive of gay rights and abortion rights.[2][3]

In 2011, Handel was appointed Senior Vice President of public policy at Susan G. Komen for the Cure, a charity focused on fighting breast cancer.[4] In this role, Handel pushed the charity to cut off Komen's funding to Planned Parenthood.[5] Following an uproar over the politicization of the charity, Handel resigned from Komen in February 2012.[6][7]”

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karen_Handel

“According to the Harris Interactive 2010 EquiTrend annual brand equity poll, Komen was once one of the most trusted non-profit organizations in America.[5][6] Komen's 2012 decision to discontinue funding for Planned Parenthood was controversial and brief, attracting widespread media attention and a significant decline in donations and participation at fundraising events.[7][8] Komen almost immediately reversed its decision and resumed its funding of breast cancer screening and other programs at various Planned Parenthood locations.[9][10] The organization has also been criticized for executive pay raises, administrative costs, affiliations with certain sponsors and claims that it used misleading statistics in advertising.[11][12][13] In six years from 2011 to 2017 revenue declined by about 80% and a number of Affiliates merged or dissolved.[14]”

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_G._Komen_for_the_Cure

RT Atlanta

(2,517 posts)
16. shes a despicable piece of shit
Tue Jun 30, 2020, 05:37 PM
Jun 2020

who has nothing else to do other than seek to be a 'career politician' though the repukes publicly like to portray themselves as 'outsiders.'

So glad I had the privilege of voting for Lucy McBath a few years ago! That helped - slightly - make up for the disaster of brine kemp's election to governor

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