{"id":1488212,"date":"2022-05-23T09:14:37","date_gmt":"2022-05-23T13:14:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1488212"},"modified":"2022-05-23T09:14:39","modified_gmt":"2022-05-23T13:14:39","slug":"stacey-abrams-calls-georgia-the-worst-state-in-the-country","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/stacey-abrams-calls-georgia-the-worst-state-in-the-country\/","title":{"rendered":"Stacey Abrams Calls Georgia the Worst State in the Country"},"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\">20<\/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-calls-georgia-the-worst-state-in-the-country%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=1488212&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:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2022\/02\/FBSA-scaled.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Abrams appeared at the gala with fellow Democrat U.S. Sens. Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock, and spoke for just over 20 minutes. Most of her speech was devoted to blasting the record of Kemp, who polls show is\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2022\/05\/18\/poll-kemp-perdue-georgia-republican-gubernatorial-primary-00033638\">leading<\/a> the GOP gubernatorial primary race while Abrams is the only candidate on the Democratic ticket.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cBrian Kemp doesn\u2019t care about our families or else he would be doing more to make sure that they were taken care of,\u201d Abrams said. \u201cInstead, in the midst of COVID, he passed a law to protect our companies but did nothing to protect our communities.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>But word of her characterization of Georgia as \u201cthe worst state\u201d in the country spread quickly on social media.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cStacey Abrams may think differently, but I believe Georgia is the best state to live, work, and raise a family,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BrianKempGA\/status\/1528203451846492160?s=20&#038;t=tdT0HBpY8nTtKpr6xakDvg\">Kemp tweeted<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Other Twitter users were more harsh.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cStacy, please, we beg you, move to California or something\u2026,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Libertarian4evr\/status\/1528344221878726657?s=20&#038;t=tdT0HBpY8nTtKpr6xakDvg\">tweeted LibertarianForever<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cStacey Abrams, don\u2019t let the door hit you where the good Lord split you,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PaulVKelleySr1\/status\/1528352434879442944?s=20&#038;t=tdT0HBpY8nTtKpr6xakDvg\">tweeted Paul V Kelly Sr<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>After her loss to Kemp in 2018, Abrams decried voter integrity measures passed by the state le=gislature, saying they would disenfranchise black voters. But early voting turnout in the primary shows that is not the case.<\/p>\n<p>Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger\u2019s office announced last week that \u201cmore than 565,000 Georgians have voted early, which is a 153% increase from the same point in the early voting period in the 2018 primary election and a 189% increase in the 2020 primary election,\u201d 11 Alive <a href=\"https:\/\/www.11alive.com\/article\/news\/politics\/elections\/raffensperger-georgia-early-voting-turnout\/85-c8f49d96-1038-48ba-a9b8-66d03f2f91bc\">reported<\/a> on Thursday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Abrams appeared at the gala with fellow Democrat U.S. Sens. Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock, and spoke for just over 20 minutes. 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