{"id":1214293,"date":"2022-01-13T13:35:38","date_gmt":"2022-01-13T18:35:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1214293"},"modified":"2022-01-13T13:35:46","modified_gmt":"2022-01-13T18:35:46","slug":"stacey-abrams-wont-say-what-the-scheduling-conflict-was-that-kept-her-from-attending-biden-voting-rights-speech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/stacey-abrams-wont-say-what-the-scheduling-conflict-was-that-kept-her-from-attending-biden-voting-rights-speech\/","title":{"rendered":"Stacey Abrams Won\u2019t Say What The \u2018Scheduling Conflict\u2019 Was That Kept Her From Attending Biden Voting Rights Speech"},"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\">36<\/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-wont-say-what-the-scheduling-conflict-was-that-kept-her-from-attending-biden-voting-rights-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=1214293&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--><p>Stacey Abrams, who has made an expansion of voting her main concern after losing a run for Georgia governorship in 2018, didn\u2019t attend President Joe Biden\u2019s speech on the topic in Atlanta on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Abrams blamed a scheduling conflict for her inability to attend Biden\u2019s speech in her own hometown, but hasn\u2019t specifically said what was so important she couldn\u2019t make time for the president of the United States, a member of her own party, who was in her backyard talking about the very thing she has built her legacy on.<\/p>\n<p>Most media outlets don\u2019t appear concerned or the least bit interested in what Abrams was doing instead of attending Biden\u2019s speech, which was also snubbed by several voting rights groups in the state. They merely reported the \u201cscheduling conflict\u201d and moved on.<\/p>\n<p>But not everyone is accepting that response.<\/p>\n<p>Responding to an Atlanta Journal-Constitution <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ajc.com\/politics\/politics-blog\/abrams-camp-rejects-false-rumors-about-her-no-show-at-biden-event\/3N6Q4IH3UJAQVISD564VYDOXXI\/\">story<\/a> where Abrams aides denied she bypassed the event because she wasn\u2019t given a speaking slot, Politico reporter Alex Thompson said his outlet \u201casked several times yesterday what her scheduling conflict was and they haven\u2019t said.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">We asked several times yesterday what her scheduling conflict was and they haven\u2019t said <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DmT90lBHbZ\">https:\/\/t.co\/DmT90lBHbZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Alex Thompson (@AlexThomp) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AlexThomp\/status\/1481445800832077826?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 13, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf the president of your party goes to your state for a big event on your signature issue, it\u2019s news that you didn\u2019t attend and didn\u2019t really explain why,\u201d Thompson added.<\/p>\n<p>Abrams spokesman Seth Bringman told the AJC on Wednesday that Abrams had a private \u201ccommitment she could not break,\u201d without explaining further. Bringman reportedly added that by the times Abrams received an invitation to attend the event, her plans were set and she apparently couldn\u2019t change them.<\/p>\n<p>Abrams released a statement after Biden spoke saying: \u201cI look forward to continuing to work with them to make progress for Georgians.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Biden also insisted the two \u201chave a great relationship,\u201d when asked about Abrams\u2019 absence.<\/p>\n<p>It is entirely possible that Abrams had an important doctor\u2019s appointment or family issue, but her silence has led at least some to question where she actually was.<\/p>\n<p>As The Daily Wire previously <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/stacey-abrams-to-skip-voting-rights-speech-by-biden-this-is-pretty-damning-and-a-warning-sign\">reported<\/a>, Abrams also welcomed Biden to Georgia ahead of his speech, writing: \u201cThe fight for voting rights takes persistence. As MLK exhorted, \u2018The clock of destiny is ticking out. We must act now before it is too late.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThank you, @POTUS, for refusing to relent until the work is finished,\u201d she added. \u201cWelcome back to Georgia where we get good done.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Abrams wasn\u2019t the only one to miss Biden\u2019s speech, as several prominent voting rights groups also appeared to snub the president.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHowever, some major voting rights groups have expressed opposition to Biden\u2019s visit and are making a point of not attending the event. They are even calling for the president to remain in Washington, D.C., unless he has a plan to reform the&nbsp;Senate filibuster in order to pass voting rights legislation,\u201d Newsweek&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/stacey-abrams-voting-rights-activists-skip-major-joe-biden-speech-elections-1667855\">reported<\/a>. \u201cAmong the groups planning to skip the event are the Asian American Advocacy Fund, Black Voters Matter, GALEO Impact Fund Inc. and New Georgia Project Action Fund.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe don\u2019t need even more photo ops,\u201d Cliff Albright, co-founder of Black Voters Matter, told CNN. \u201cWe need action, and that action is in the form of the John Lewis&nbsp;Voting Rights [Advancement] Act as well as the Freedom to Vote Act, and we need that immediately.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em>member<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/p>\n<p><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stacey Abrams, who has made an expansion of voting her main concern after losing a run for Georgia governorship in 2018, didn\u2019t attend President Joe Biden\u2019s speech on the topic in Atlanta on Tuesday. Abrams blamed a scheduling conflict for her inability to attend Biden\u2019s speech in her own hometown, but hasn\u2019t specifically said what &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":126,"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-1214293","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\/1214293","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\/126"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1214293"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1214293\/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=1214293"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1214293"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1214293"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}