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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhat 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 Im 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-wont-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 shed 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 thats 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 shes 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
Greg Palast waited a long time for the pundits to comprehend his vote suppression research 2 yr ago
DemocracyMouse
Nov 2018
#2
NJCher
(35,421 posts)1. The pieces are coming together
Kemp is going to regret his win.
Cher
DemocracyMouse
(2,275 posts)2. Greg Palast waited a long time for the pundits to comprehend his vote suppression research 2 yr ago
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.
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.
diva77
(7,604 posts)4. check out this post
Last edited Tue Nov 20, 2018, 04:42 PM - Edit history (1)
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100211455465pazzyanne
(6,518 posts)5. Thanks and done!
diva77
(7,604 posts)8. hooray!! thanks!!!
Funtatlaguy
(10,855 posts)6. All Georgians including legislators should turn their backs to Kemp.
Baitball Blogger
(46,570 posts)7. This is where the battle front should be for all of us.
If Kemp gets away with it, how long will it be before copycat DeSantis does the same to Florida?