{"id":1277119,"date":"2022-02-06T23:37:34","date_gmt":"2022-02-07T04:37:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1277119"},"modified":"2022-02-06T23:37:36","modified_gmt":"2022-02-07T04:37:36","slug":"abrams-campaign-on-maskless-photo-surrounded-by-masked-children-stacey-trusts-science","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/abrams-campaign-on-maskless-photo-surrounded-by-masked-children-stacey-trusts-science\/","title":{"rendered":"Abrams Campaign on Maskless Photo Surrounded by Masked Children: \u2018Stacey Trusts Science\u2019"},"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%2Fabrams-campaign-on-maskless-photo-surrounded-by-masked-children-stacey-trusts-science%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=1277119&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\/02\/Capture-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Stacey Abrams\u2019 campaign responded on Sunday to the massive uproar over Abrams\u2019 viral maskless photo, accusing critics of the photo of \u201cusing a Black History Month reading event\u201d to attack Abrams and claiming Abrams \u201ctrusts science.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lauren Groh-Wargo, campaign manager for Abrams\u2019 gubernatorial race, first responded to the backlash Sunday afternoon by taking swipes at the Georgia Democrat\u2019s top two potential race opponents, incumbent Gov. Brian Kemp (R) and former Sen. David Perdue (R-GA), after both&nbsp;<a title=\"This external link will open in a new window\" href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/02\/06\/stacey-abrams-poses-maskless-dozens-masked-children-deletes-photo-fierce-backlash\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">chastised<\/a>&nbsp;Abrams for displaying \u201chypocrisy\u201d in the photo.<\/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>Groh-Wargo wrote on social media, \u201cOur opponents took a brief break from licking Trump\u2019s boots this weekend to issue baseless attacks\u201d and then claimed, \u201cOur opponents are using a Black History Month reading event for Georgia children as the impetus for a false political attack.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Groh-Wargo then proceeded to berate both Perdue and Kemp without using their names:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Our opponents took a brief break from licking Trump&#8217;s boots this weekend to issue baseless attacks, and it&#8217;s more of their typical dishonest, wannabe tough guy fodder to distract from their failures. See the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/staceyabrams?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@staceyabrams<\/a> campaign response here \ud83d\udc47 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zOoTvkKKQg\">pic.twitter.com\/zOoTvkKKQg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Lauren Groh-Wargo (@gwlauren) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/gwlauren\/status\/1490403387048931328?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 6, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>On Friday, Glennwood Elementary School principal Holly Brookins shared a photo on social media featuring Abrams as the sole maskless individual in a room surrounded by dozens of masked young children, noting Abrams had visited the school to read her book as part of an \u201cAfrican-American Read-In\u201d event for Black History Month.<\/p>\n<p>Abrams then shared the photo on her own social media account, but both Brookins and Abrams soon deleted their posts as outrage swelled over the visual of the masked children juxtaposed with Abrams smiling front row center.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Hi <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/staceyabrams?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@staceyabrams<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HMBrookins?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@hmbrookins<\/a>, why did both of you delete these tweets? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6rdmT2iHIj\">pic.twitter.com\/6rdmT2iHIj<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Libs of Tik Tok (@libsoftiktok) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/libsoftiktok\/status\/1490164541413421060?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 6, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The elementary school, located in Decatur, which is a city within Atlanta Metro\u2019s deeply Democrat Dekalb County, forces its young students to wear masks inside the building, according to the school website.<\/p>\n<p>Critics of the photo largely emphasized that they found school-enforced masking of children \u2014 who are at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/coronavirus\/2019-ncov\/science\/science-briefs\/transmission_k_12_schools.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">low risk<\/a> for severe illness from coronavirus \u2014 to be anywhere from <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/StephenM\/status\/1490442007076122630?s=20&amp;t=Q33e58Jbn8IgzDcKT5nfaw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">disturbing<\/a> to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Jusrangers\/status\/1490343479871946753?s=20&amp;t=Q33e58Jbn8IgzDcKT5nfaw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">dehumanizing<\/a>&nbsp;to \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ClayTravis\/status\/1490172835653902338?s=20&amp;t=Q33e58Jbn8IgzDcKT5nfaw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">child abuse<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>Groh-Wargo\u2019s response to the photo backlash was met with fresh waves of anger as commenters pointed out that her remarks lacked any semblance of apology or explanation. The campaign manager then seemingly realized a follow-up was needed and added additional context early Sunday evening.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cStacey trusts science and supports masking in schools as its the current CDC recommendation,\u201d Groh-Wargo wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Then, inadvertently highlighting one of the detrimental effects of masking, Groh-Wargo explained that Abrams removed her mask while speaking at the podium so that students watching remotely could hear her. She added that Abrams also removed her mask for photos, \u201cbut only with folks who were masked.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Stacey trusts science and supports masking in schools as it&#8217;s the current CDC recommendation. She wore a mask to the event, and removed it at the podium so she could be heard by students watching remotely and for photos, but only with folks who were masked <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/nbl2aJRqo0\">https:\/\/t.co\/nbl2aJRqo0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Lauren Groh-Wargo (@gwlauren) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/gwlauren\/status\/1490470065967443972?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 6, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Late into Sunday evening, the photo of Abrams and the subsequent remarks from her campaign continued to attract negative attention from local and national political figures and pundits, but Abrams and her campaign have remained silent since her campaign manager\u2019s last comments.<\/p>\n<p><em>Write to Ashley Oliver at <a href=\"mailto:aoliver@breitbart.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">aoliver@breitbart.com<\/a>. Follow her on Twitter at <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/asholiver\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@asholiver<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stacey Abrams\u2019 campaign responded on Sunday to the massive uproar over Abrams\u2019 viral maskless photo, accusing critics of the photo of \u201cusing a Black History Month reading event\u201d to attack &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"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-1277119","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\/1277119","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1277119"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1277119\/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=1277119"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1277119"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1277119"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}