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| Former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms is joining the Biden administration |
| 2022-06-18 |
| [NPR] Former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms will be joining the Biden administration, the White House announced Wednesday, after previously being considered to be President Biden's running mate in the 2020 presidential election. "Our Monkeypox Czar" Bottoms will serve as the senior adviser for public engagement, "which works at the local, state, and national levels to ensure community leaders, diverse perspectives, and new voices have the opportunity to inform the work of the President in an inclusive, transparent and responsible way," the White House said. Bottoms was considered for the role of vice president during Biden's 2020 presidential campaign, along with Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams, Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and others. Bottoms, who was the mayor of Atlanta from 2018 to 2022, did not run for reelection and has been a political commentator for CNN. "Mayor Bottoms understands that democracy is about making government work for working families, for the people who are the backbone of this country," Biden said. "She led the city of Atlanta with strength through the pandemic, through a summer of protests and pain, and through the mass shooting that left Atlanta's Asian American community in fear. Keisha is bright, honorable, tough and has the integrity required to represent our Administration to the American public." Related: Keisha Lance Bottoms: 2021-06-19 Atlanta Mayor Bottoms: Crime Spike Partially Due to Georgia Opening Early, ‘We Had People Traveling Here' Keisha Lance Bottoms: 2021-06-19 Two black students dragged from their car by cops and stunned with tasers when they were caught in traffic during BLM protests sue Atlanta, its police and the mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms: 2021-06-18 Wealthy Atlanta suburb of Buckhead files 'divorce papers' to split from the city and create its own police force after jogger was shot amid skyrocketing crime rates |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #11 ^Under other circumstances our current White House spokeswoman would be "okay." Not great; but okay. But it would be hard for the greatest spokesman in history to cover for the contradictions inherent in this system as it stands right now. |
| Posted by: Secret Master 2022-06-18 14:27 |
| #10 "The on-going process by which the world's multiple idiocies become one giant, useless force." -- Blair's Law |
| Posted by: SteveS 2022-06-18 13:01 |
| #9 I think Buttigieg was a better mayor than Bottoms was or maybe he just was in charge of a smaller dumpster fire. Anyway Bottoms is unlikely to make things better and is probably positioned to replace Harris. That would be an upgrade as she can probably utter a coherent statement and laugh at inappropriate stuff. They would have probably taken Abrams instead but she is busy, too smart for the offer or they couldn’t afford the snacks. Anyway Bottoms wasn’t doing anything constructive; she was on CNN. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2022-06-18 12:10 |
| #8 This new spox is kinda cute, but she is VERY dumb. |
| Posted by: DooDahMan 2022-06-18 12:07 |
| #7 If she didn't have her briefing book to refer to, she wouldn't be able to answer any questions. She's an AA moron (and not the good kind) |
| Posted by: Frank G 2022-06-18 09:52 |
| #6 I do have a bit of sympathy for the current White House spokesperson. She was put in an impossible situation with the Demensia in Chief. |
| Posted by: Deacon Blues 2022-06-18 09:24 |
| #5 Her time has come. After years of being mocked for her name, the new emphasis on "gay pride" has made Lance Bottoms a byword. |
| Posted by: Mercutio 2022-06-18 07:29 |
| #4 |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2022-06-18 07:00 |
| #3 Wondering Outloud. Did Dekalb/Fulton Co. Voter Fraud handling having anything to do with it? Or are the JB Handlers just racial pandering given the Mid-Term voting situation in GA and many other states? |
| Posted by: NN2N1 2022-06-18 06:52 |
| #2 So she's the one who we explain how Biden has been doing great things for the people. Should be fun. |
| Posted by: Bobby 2022-06-18 06:46 |
| #1 "Thank Gawd and Greyhound She's Gone." |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2022-06-18 00:16 |