{"id":1278497,"date":"2022-02-07T12:52:54","date_gmt":"2022-02-07T17:52:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1278497"},"modified":"2022-02-07T13:36:02","modified_gmt":"2022-02-07T18:36:02","slug":"stacey-abrams-campaign-scrambles-to-do-damage-control-following-maskless-image-with-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/stacey-abrams-campaign-scrambles-to-do-damage-control-following-maskless-image-with-children\/","title":{"rendered":"Stacey Abrams Campaign Scrambles To Do Damage Control Following Maskless Image With Children"},"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\">26<\/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-campaign-scrambles-to-do-damage-control-following-maskless-image-with-children%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=1278497&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><\/div>\n<p>Democratic Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams is doing major damage control after she shared a photo of herself maskless in a room full of schoolchildren all wearing masks.<\/p>\n<p>Abrams\u2019 campaign manager Lauren Groh-Wargo initially fired back at detractors Sunday afternoon, accusing the candidate\u2019s critics of \u201clicking Trump\u2019s boots\u201d and baselessly attacking her. Her campaign released a statement which deflected to attacks on her potential <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/12\/06\/brian-kemp-david-perdue-georgia-raphael-warnock-herschel-walker-primary\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Republican opponents<\/a> in the 2022 Georgia gubernatorial election.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Our opponents took a brief break from licking Trump\u2019s boots this weekend to issue baseless attacks, and it\u2019s 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><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Our opponents took a brief break from licking Trump&#39;s boots this weekend to issue baseless attacks, and it&#39;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>&mdash; Lauren Groh-Wargo (@gwlauren) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/gwlauren\/status\/1490403387048931328?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 6, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur opponents took a brief break from licking Trump\u2019s boots this weekend to issue baseless attacks, and it\u2019s more of their typical dishonest, wannabe tough guy fodder to distract from their failures,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/gwlauren\/status\/1490403387048931328\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Groh-Wargo said<\/a>. The campaign\u2019s statement claimed that \u201cit is shameful that our opponents are using a Black History Month reading event for Georgia children as the impetus for a false political attack.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/02\/06\/stacey-abrams-maskless-picture-masked-children\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">photo was shared<\/a> from the third annual African American read-in at Glennwood Elementary School. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/01\/11\/joe-scarborough-stacey-abrams-bidens\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Scarborough Says Stacey Abrams \u2018Doesn\u2019t Want To Appear On The Same Stage\u2019 With Biden Due To His Tanking Poll Numbers)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/12\/01\/stacey-abrams-brian-kemp-donald-trump-georgia-governor\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Abrams<\/a>, her campaign and allies in the media remained on the defensive later Sunday and into Monday morning. Abrams\u2019 tweet with the photo in question, as well as a tweet promoting the photo from school principal Dr. Holly Brookins, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JerryDunleavy\/status\/1490335550846373889\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">were both deleted<\/a> Sunday.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">These tweets \u2014 with a photo showing Stacey Abrams maskless surrounded by masked children &amp; showing Abrams promoting it from her own account \u2014 have now both been removed. (Abrams deleted her own tweet and it appears that the original account has been deactivated or something). <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qzzAPolsE2\">pic.twitter.com\/qzzAPolsE2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jerry Dunleavy (@JerryDunleavy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JerryDunleavy\/status\/1490335550846373889?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 6, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">These tweets \u2014 with a photo showing Stacey Abrams maskless surrounded by masked children &amp; showing Abrams promoting it from her own account \u2014 have now both been removed. (Abrams deleted her own tweet and it appears that the original account has been deactivated or something). <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qzzAPolsE2\">pic.twitter.com\/qzzAPolsE2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jerry Dunleavy \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 (@JerryDunleavy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JerryDunleavy\/status\/1490335550846373889?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 6, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Abrams\u2019 campaign insisted she wore a mask throughout the event and only removed it for some photos, but with the condition that everyone else in the photos be required to keep wearing theirs, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ajc.com\/politics\/politics-blog\/deleted-abrams-tweet-shows-how-schools-covid-policies-are-in-2022-crosshairs\/MMS7LVSGSRFSBKD3VRIM72FGIQ\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution<\/a>. Campaign spokesman Seth Bringman said Sunday that Abrams supports schools requiring masks for kids.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Stacey Abrams\u2019 campaign said she *explicitly required* kids to put masks on so she could take hers off. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/GAPol?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#GAPol<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KyGzbXeJyj\">pic.twitter.com\/KyGzbXeJyj<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Brian Colas (@BrianColas7) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BrianColas7\/status\/1490463529459228672?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 6, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/BrianColas7\/status\/1490463529459228672?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw<\/p>\n<p>The AJC said the incident \u201cshows how schools\u2019 COVID policies in 2022 crosshairs,\u201d while <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2022\/02\/06\/abrams-maskless-photo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Washington Post framed<\/a> the story as Republicans \u201cseize on Stacey Abrams\u2019 maskless classroom photo.\u201d Sometime Sunday, the Abrams\u2019 campaign <a href=\"https:\/\/www.daybook.com\/jobs\/Xr2qFp2qnEctuChDk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">posted a new job opening<\/a> for a Social Media Platforms Director as the candidate was panned across social media for the school gaffe.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Job Opportunity!<\/p>\n<p>Stacey Abrams Gubernatorial Campaign seeks a Social Media Platforms Director to manage the day-to-day posting and approval on the campaign\u2019s social media accounts. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/staceyabrams?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@staceyabrams<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JbG6Q1zK5G\">https:\/\/t.co\/JbG6Q1zK5G<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Daybook (@DaybookJobs) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DaybookJobs\/status\/1490686535053705218?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 7, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Job Opportunity!<\/p>\n<p>Stacey Abrams Gubernatorial Campaign seeks a Social Media Platforms Director to manage the day-to-day posting and approval on the campaign\u2019s social media accounts. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/staceyabrams?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@staceyabrams<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JbG6Q1zK5G\">https:\/\/t.co\/JbG6Q1zK5G<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Daybook (@DaybookJobs) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DaybookJobs\/status\/1490686535053705218?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 7, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Abrams, who was narrowly defeated in the 2018 Georgia gubernatorial race by Republican Brian Kemp, has repeatedly insisted she was fraudulently defeated due to voter suppression and has not conceded that she legitimately lost. She is just the latest Democrat to face criticism for appearing in public without a mask despite supporting mask mandates for others during the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democratic Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams is doing major damage control after she shared a photo of herself maskless in a room full of schoolchildren all wearing masks.Abrams\u2019 campaign manager &#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-1278497","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\/1278497","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=1278497"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1278497\/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=1278497"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1278497"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1278497"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}