{"id":1211945,"date":"2022-01-12T16:49:55","date_gmt":"2022-01-12T21:49:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1211945"},"modified":"2022-01-12T16:50:02","modified_gmt":"2022-01-12T21:50:02","slug":"speculation-grows-around-abrams-absence-from-biden-ga-speech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/speculation-grows-around-abrams-absence-from-biden-ga-speech\/","title":{"rendered":"Speculation grows around Abrams\u2019 absence from Biden Ga. speech"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/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%2Fspeculation-grows-around-abrams-absence-from-biden-ga-speech%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=1211945&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 id=\"attachment_2633351\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2633351\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2633351\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/AP22011805794149.jpg\" alt=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/gop-senators-grill-dr-fauci-at-senate-committee-hearing\/\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/AP22011805794149.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/dzm0ugdauank9.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/AP22011805794149-315x210.jpg 315w, https:\/\/dzm0ugdauank9.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/AP22011805794149-655x437.jpg 655w, https:\/\/dzm0ugdauank9.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/AP22011805794149-768x512.jpg 768w\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2633351\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">https:\/\/www.oann.com\/gop-senators-grill-dr-fauci-at-senate-committee-hearing\/<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>UPDATED 1:25 PM PT \u2013 Wednesday, January 12, 2022<\/h5>\n<p>Joe Biden flip-flopped on his filibuster stance in his speech promoting Democrat election laws in Atlanta, Georgia. On Tuesday, he called on Democrats in the upper chamber to change the longstanding practice, so they can jam through their partisan election bills.<\/p>\n<p>Biden had previously stated, \u201cending the filibuster is a very dangerous thing to do.\u201d He also said, \u201cit raises problems that are more damaging than the problems that exist.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This comes as Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) has vowed to kill the practice if Republicans don\u2019t give in to their demands. Biden added, his calls aim to circumvent GOP opposition.<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) commented on Biden\u2019s push to pass major voting reform that aims to federalize U.S. elections. He went on to say the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/bill\/117th-congress\/house-bill\/1\">For the People Act<\/a> would make it federal law to allow ballot harvesting, same day voter registration among other detrimental practices.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Democrats don\u2019t care about riots or voting rights <\/p>\n<p>This is all about power <\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/G4OyrQ6TpN\">pic.twitter.com\/G4OyrQ6TpN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Marco Rubio (@marcorubio) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/marcorubio\/status\/1481343635883020290?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 12, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Rubio warned the measure would reduce confidence in election results and open the gates for Democrat-backed lawyers to insert themselves into the process.<\/p>\n<p>The Biden administration has named election reform as its top priority with Biden saying the supposed threat to democracy is so grave that Democrats should be allowed to make the decision alone.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>\u201cAs an institutionalist, I believe the threat to our democracy is so grave that we must find a way to pass the Voting Rights bill,\u201d he stated. \u201cDebate them, vote, let the majority prevail.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>However, the legislation will face an uphill battle in the upper chamber as even Sen. Joe Manchin (D.W.Va.) and Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.), both Democrats, have pledged not to support the move.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) pleads with Sens. Joe Manchin (D-WV) &amp; Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ) not to change filibuster rules to pass voting rights bills:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This effort to change the Senate rules \u2026 will destroy America over time \u2026 I&#8217;m hoping [they] hold, God bless them if they do.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tbJPfKDCgD\">pic.twitter.com\/tbJPfKDCgD<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Recount (@therecount) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/therecount\/status\/1480617039547011073?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 10, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Some critics are pointing to Democrat activist Stacey Abrams absence from Biden\u2019s speech in Atlanta as a precursor to the voting bills failing in Congress. However, Biden is blaming scheduling conflicts as the reason behind Abrams not appearing at the event.<\/p>\n<p>This comes amid a trend of Democrat candidates distancing themselves from the increasingly unpopular Biden-Harris administration. Some political scientists say Abrams may have distanced herself to avoid backlash from progressives. Abrams is running for governor of Georgia this year, but analysts say a presidential bid in 2024 is looking increasingly likely.<\/p>\n<p>The 45th president weighed in, saying Abrams helped Biden steal the 2020 election in Georgia, but now she\u2019s distancing herself from his administration. Donald Trump stressed Abrams knows Biden lost big in Georgia and in the 2020 election as a whole. He pointed out even the \u201cwoke\u201d radical-left now understands that Biden is a complete embarrassment.<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/gop-senators-grill-dr-fauci-at-senate-committee-hearing\/\">GOP Senators Grill Fauci Over COVID Response At Senate Committee Hearing<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>https:\/\/www.oann.com\/gop-senators-grill-dr-fauci-at-senate-committee-hearing\/ OAN NewsroomUPDATED 1:25 PM PT \u2013 Wednesday, January 12, 2022 Joe Biden flip-flopped &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":79,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1211945","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1211945","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/79"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1211945"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1211945\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1211945"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1211945"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1211945"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}