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G_j

(40,366 posts)
Tue Nov 20, 2018, 01:47 AM Nov 2018

What We Must Do Now: Abrams, Georgia and Something Extraordinary

https://truthout.org/articles/what-we-must-do-now-abrams-georgia-and-something-extraordinary/

BY
Greg Palast, GregPalast.com

PUBLISHED
November 19, 2018

A week ago, I received a call from Stacey Abrams’ lead attorneys. The Palast investigations team had “gold,” as they put it, for litigating the election in Georgia: expert analysis proving 340,134 voters were wrongly purged by her opponent when he was secretary of state. Plus, we had, on camera, victims of the purge, including the 92-year-old cousin of Martin Luther King.

But I’m a journalist, not a campaign operative. So, I could only offer my reports and my affidavit filed in federal court in Common Cause v. Brian Kemp.

With Stacey Abrams no longer in the race for governor, we now are free to open our files to her new voting rights group, Fair Fight Georgia.

Abrams, in her I-won’t-concede speech on Friday, cited one victim of the purge: 92-year-old Christine Jordan. I filmed Jordan on Election Day at the polling station she’d voted at for 50 years — until this year, when her name was simply wiped off the voter rolls.

That should give “Governor-Elect” Kemp pause. Because that’s Abrams’ signal that this heartbreaking story will become the hammer to smash the Kemp-created Jim Crow machine.

(And Ms. Jordan is up to the task, telling me she’s willing to take the fight into federal court, “If somebody will help me walk there.”)

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What We Must Do Now: Abrams, Georgia and Something Extraordinary (Original Post) G_j Nov 2018 OP
The pieces are coming together NJCher Nov 2018 #1
Greg Palast waited a long time for the pundits to comprehend his vote suppression research 2 yr ago DemocracyMouse Nov 2018 #2
Stacey's speech was one of the best I have heard in a long time. pazzyanne Nov 2018 #3
check out this post diva77 Nov 2018 #4
Thanks and done! pazzyanne Nov 2018 #5
hooray!! thanks!!! diva77 Nov 2018 #8
All Georgians including legislators should turn their backs to Kemp. Funtatlaguy Nov 2018 #6
This is where the battle front should be for all of us. Baitball Blogger Nov 2018 #7

DemocracyMouse

(2,275 posts)
2. Greg Palast waited a long time for the pundits to comprehend his vote suppression research 2 yr ago
Tue Nov 20, 2018, 02:53 AM
Nov 2018

So glad to see Abrams, Palast and Christine Jordan teaming up.

pazzyanne

(6,518 posts)
3. Stacey's speech was one of the best I have heard in a long time.
Tue Nov 20, 2018, 03:47 AM
Nov 2018

She has a "never say die" attitude and a thirst for voter's rights that we sorely need at this time. Go, Stacey! Does anyone know if there is an ActBlue donation for her somewhere? If so, please provide link. Thank you.

Baitball Blogger

(46,570 posts)
7. This is where the battle front should be for all of us.
Tue Nov 20, 2018, 10:26 AM
Nov 2018

If Kemp gets away with it, how long will it be before copycat DeSantis does the same to Florida?

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