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Dulcinea

(6,669 posts) Fri Nov 16, 2018, 07:17 PM Nov 2018

Georgia's Stacey Abrams Admits Defeat, Says Kemp Used 'Deliberate' Suppression To Win

Republican Brian Kemp will be the next governor of Georgia, with Democrat Stacey Abrams admitting Friday afternoon that there was no path to victory, following a bitter 10-day battle since Election Day.

"I acknowledge that former Secretary of State Brian Kemp will be certified as the victor in the 2018 gubernatorial election," Abrams said. "But to watch an elected official who claims to represent the people in this state baldly pin his hopes for election on suppression of the people's democratic right to vote has been truly appalling."

In a fiery speech, Abrams insisted this was no normal concession, decrying the voter "deliberate and intentional" voter suppression by Kemp that she believed had led to this conclusion.

https://www.npr.org/2018/11/16/668753230/democrat-stacey-abrams-ends-bid-for-georgia-governor-decrying-suppression

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Georgia's Stacey Abrams Admits Defeat, Says Kemp Used 'Deliberate' Suppression To Win (Original Post) Dulcinea Nov 2018 OP

"deliberate and intentional" voter suppression Botany Nov 2018 #1

Abrams has become my new heroine since election night man (nt) mr_lebowski Nov 2018 #2

David Perdue's Senate seat is up in 2020. . . DinahMoeHum Nov 2018 #3

I like that idea! BigmanPigman Nov 2018 #4

Botany

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1. "deliberate and intentional" voter suppression

Reply to Dulcinea (Original post)

Fri Nov 16, 2018, 07:21 PM

Nov 2018

"But to watch an elected official who claims to represent the people in this state baldly pin his hopes for election on suppression of the people's democratic right to vote has been truly appalling."