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| Abrams Warns of Russian Takeover in 2030 If Voter Suppression Not Addressed |
| 2019-05-11 |
| [Free Beacon] Failed Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams warned Friday that if voter suppression wasn't addressed properly in 2020, "we will be having a very different conversation, potentially in Russian, in 2030." Abrams has repeatedly blamed voter-suppression for her narrow loss to Republican Brian Kemp in last year's Georgia governor's race, although voter registrations and turnout rose during Kemp's tenure and fact-checks undercut her claim that the election was not "fair." Since her defeat, her star has risen in the Democratic Party and she has focused on voting reform efforts in Georgia. She is also mulling a 2020 bid for the presidency or another shot at the Georgia governorship in 2022. At a national security forum, Abrams reeled off a list of recent laws she said were being pushed to disenfranchise people, particularly those of color, across the United States, and encouraged the audience to educate itself on the issue. "There's no more fundamental and national-security crisis than the theft of our elections, not simply through Russian hacking, which is incredibly important and we have to pay attention to it, but by the suppression of the very voters whose voices could change the direction of our country," she said. Suppression of the vote is "pervasive" and "insidious," she said, because it convinces people it's a "user error." "If we do not secure our democracy and ensure that every vote counts in 2020, we will be having a very different conversation, possibly in Russian, in 2030," she said, to cheers and applause. "My fear is that the whole island will become so overly populated that it will tip over and capsize," ~ Georgia Congressman Hank 'Flip Over' Johnson |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #12 #11 Wasn't that long ago, the Soviet Union was idolized by Leftists and Democrats, pardon the redundancy. Now the Russians are the boogeyman under the bed. They'll never forgive the Slawische Untermenschen for overthrowing the wonderfully progressive governments under which they were living. |
| Posted by: charger 2019-05-11 13:44 |
| #11 Wasn't that long ago, the Soviet Union was idolized by Leftists and Democrats, pardon the redundancy. Now the Russians are the boogeyman under the bed. That's because now they idolize the Chicoms. |
| Posted by: Abu Uluque 2019-05-11 12:05 |
| #10 The Dem Party must be infested with Russians, they are seeing them everywhere. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2019-05-11 09:00 |
| #9 Soetoro was very likely a Deep State creation, as was the Hildebeest. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2019-05-11 08:36 |
| #8 #5,6 Bath House Barry Scrotoro came out of nowhere too. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2019-05-11 08:13 |
| #7 Since her defeat, her star has risen in the Democratic Party Losing, the easiest way to improve yourself in the eyes of Democrats. I think there's a lesson there. |
| Posted by: AlanC 2019-05-11 07:43 |
| #6 ...where did this bitch come from. I live in Ga. and had never heard of her until she ran for governor. Me as well. Be absolutely splendid if I never heard from her again. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2019-05-11 06:59 |
| #5 where did this bitch come from. I live in Ga. and had never heard of her until she ran for governor. |
| Posted by: chris 2019-05-11 06:11 |
| #4 The Russians can have it. AOC says we'll all be burned up and drowned (simultaneously) in 2030. |
| Posted by: Galactic Coordinator Hapsburg7868 2019-05-11 05:59 |
| #3 The only thing she can suppress are cheeseburgers. |
| Posted by: Raj 2019-05-11 05:36 |
| #2 Wasn't that long ago, the Soviet Union was idolized by Leftists and Democrats, pardon the redundancy. Now the Russians are the boogeyman under the bed. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2019-05-11 00:58 |
| #1 The party that taught us to welcome and love foreigners is now beating the "blame the foreigners" drum incessantly. |
| Posted by: Herb McCoy 2019-05-11 00:34 |