Posted on 11/05/2018 9:19:16 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
In the wake of a racist robocall in Georgia by someone impersonating Oprah Winfrey, Democratic gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams said she is concerned state residents may feel like "their votes don't count."
"This is the magical negro, Oprah Winfrey, asking you to make my fellow negress, Stacey Abrams, the governor of Georgia," the call said in part. The message also included a slew of racist language including references to Aunt Jemima.
Both campaigns have denounced the calls, which were paid for by a group called Road to Power.
"Are you concerned these racist appeals are going to work?" ABC News Chief Anchor George Stephanopoulos asked Abrams on "Good Morning America" on Monday.
"What I'm concerned about is that his overarching architecture of voter suppression, of ostracization, of demeaning and dehumanizing people, that that can cause people to think that their votes don't count, which is why we've been so aggressive about telling people the best antidote to his antics is to actually turn out and engage," Abrams said.
“Good Morning America” reached out to both candidates to join the show Monday, but Kemp declined.
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Y’all whypeepo in JoJaw gotz no senseahyoomah.
‘Ats funny, right there.
Blah blah blah
These sort of stunts cost thousands of dollars.
While there’s some rich bigots on the right, I’d wager his paymaster knows he’s a poison pill. Just like how David Duke always seems to pop up with lots of cash when it’s time to act as a stalking horse.
I suspect the paymasters are probably not from this country at all. The other thought is that their paymasters are really Democrat supporters. The whole reason they support these clowns is to sow disharmony in this country, or to paint Republicans as racists. The truth is the most racist people I have known are Democrats. They talk one thing in public, and something quite different in private settings.
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