{"id":1206468,"date":"2022-01-11T00:04:48","date_gmt":"2022-01-11T05:04:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1206468"},"modified":"2022-01-11T00:04:51","modified_gmt":"2022-01-11T05:04:51","slug":"stacey-abrams-bails-on-attending-joe-biden-voting-rights-speech-in-georgia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/stacey-abrams-bails-on-attending-joe-biden-voting-rights-speech-in-georgia\/","title":{"rendered":"Stacey Abrams Bails on Attending Joe Biden Voting Rights Speech in Georgia"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fstacey-abrams-bails-on-attending-joe-biden-voting-rights-speech-in-georgia%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1206468&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-1130078914.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Stacey Abrams, who is running again for Georgia governor, will not appear Tuesday with President Joe Biden for his speech on voting rights.<\/p>\n<p>An Abrams aide <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NYTnickc\/status\/1480669727051579394\">told<\/a> the <em>New York Times<\/em> that she will not be able to attend Biden\u2019s speech, citing a prior commitment.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>It is unclear exactly why Abrams does not want to appear publicly with Biden when he makes a prominent speech on an issue that has defined her career.<\/p>\n<p>The president plans to deliver an angry speech condemning the new election integrity laws passed in the state by Republicans, condemning them as racist.<\/p>\n<p>Abrams did post a supportive message on social media, welcoming Biden to the state.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThank you, President Biden for refusing to relent until the work is finished,\u201d she wrote. \u201cWelcome back to Georgia where we get good done.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The fight for voting rights takes persistence. As MLK exhorted, \u201cThe clock of destiny is ticking out. We must act now before it is too late.\u201d  Thank you, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/POTUS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@POTUS<\/a>, for refusing to relent until the work is finished. Welcome back to Georgia where we get good done. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FTVA?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FTVA<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/JLVRAA?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#JLVRAA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Stacey Abrams (@staceyabrams) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/staceyabrams\/status\/1480686498152390657?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 10, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Abrams famously <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2021\/12\/03\/politics\/stacey-abrams-concession-2018-georgia\/index.html\">refused<\/a> to concede the 2018 election to winner Gov. Brian Kemp after losing by nearly 55,000 votes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI will not concede because the erosion of our democracy is not right,\u201d she said, blaming Republican voter suppression for her loss.<\/p>\n<p>Biden remains a huge fan of Abrams, speaking of her in glowing terms every time he travels to the state.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cStacey, if we had ten of you, we could rule the whole world,\u201d Biden said at a December rally in 2020. God love ya. You\u2019re doing an incredible job.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Watch Joe Biden&#8217;s message to Stacey Abrams:<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JlPnAYZEJh\">pic.twitter.com\/JlPnAYZEJh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Recount (@therecount) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/therecount\/status\/1338952659122982917?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 15, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>A September 2021 <a href=\"http:\/\/capitol-beat.org\/2021\/09\/bidens-approval-rate-falling-in-georgia-new-survey-shows\/\">survey<\/a> of Georgia voters showed 53 percent disapproving of Biden\u2019s job performance, while only 40 percent approved.<\/p>\n<p>Biden\u2019s national approval ratings have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearpolitics.com\/epolls\/other\/president-biden-job-approval-7320.html\">sunk<\/a> to 42 percent, according to the RealClearPolitics average.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stacey Abrams, who is running again for Georgia governor, will not appear Tuesday with President Joe Biden for his speech on voting rights. 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