{"id":1976260,"date":"2023-07-18T13:53:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-18T17:53:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/black-georgia-lawmaker-hit-with-racist-hate-mail-after-switching-to-gop\/"},"modified":"2023-07-18T13:54:15","modified_gmt":"2023-07-18T17:54:15","slug":"black-georgia-lawmaker-hit-with-racist-hate-mail-after-switching-to-gop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/black-georgia-lawmaker-hit-with-racist-hate-mail-after-switching-to-gop\/","title":{"rendered":"Black Georgia lawmaker receives racist hate mail following party switch to GOP."},"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%2Fblack-georgia-lawmaker-hit-with-racist-hate-mail-after-switching-to-gop%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=1976260&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>\n<h2>Internet \u2064Trolls Attack Georgia Lawmaker for Party Switch<\/h2>\n<p>Internet trolls are spamming \u2064Georgia state lawmaker \u200bMesha Mainor&#8217;s email with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/motor-city-madman-ted-nugent-reveals-covid-19-infection-i-thought-i-was-dying\/\" title=\"\u2018Motor City Madman\u2019 Ted Nugent Reveals COVID-19 Infection: \u2018I Thought I Was Dying\u2019\">racist slurs<\/a>\u2062 and other abusive comments \u200dover her decision to leave the Democratic Party.<\/p>\n<div>\n \u2062   <\/p>\n<p><a \u2063href=\"https:\/\/handsoffmyrewards.com\/?utm_source=freebeacon&#038;utm_medium=advertising&#038;utm_campaign=2023\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>  \u200c \u200b <\/p>\n<p><a \u200dhref=\"https:\/\/handsoffmyrewards.com\/?utm_source=freebeacon&#038;utm_medium=advertising&#038;utm_campaign=2023\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \u200b <\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n \u2062  \u2062 <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The RNC won&#8217;t\u2063 pay\u2062 you\u2063 in \u200bfried chicken, menthols, Rice \u200bKrispies Treats,\u2064 watermelon, or weed,&#8221; one troll \u200bwrote. &#8220;The Klan should wipe \u2062the floor \u2062with\u200c your ass!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>   \u200d <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You wanna be a party\u200c traitor and go \u200dunder\u200b Brian Kemp&#8217;s \u200bwhip,&#8221;\u200b another wrote,\u2064 &#8220;because\u2063 he\u200b offered you\u2064 more yams and collards?&#8221; Other harassers\u2063 called Mainor the\u2063 n-word, an &#8220;aunt Jemima \u2063motherf*cking traitor,&#8221; \u2064and an &#8220;Uncle \u2064Tom bitch.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p> \u200d <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> \u200c <\/p>\n<p>Mainor, who is black,\u2062 cited the Democratic Party&#8217;s &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-sports-can-bring-us-together-so-get-the-politics-out\/\" title=\"WATCH: Sports Can Bring Us Together. So Get The Politics Out.\">left-wing radicalism<\/a>,&#8221; &#8220;lawlessness,&#8221; and decision to &#8220;put the \u2063interests \u200cof\u200c illegal aliens \u200cover\u2064 the \u200cinterest\u200c of Americans&#8221; as her reasons \u2063for\u2062 leaving the party.\u200c The\u2064 Georgia legislator joins a growing group \u2064of\u2062 state-level\u200b Democrats who are switching their party\u2063 affiliation. In nearby Louisiana, \u2062for \u2063example, two Democratic\u2063 lawmakers\u2063 this year joined with Republicans.<\/p>\n<p> \u2062 <\/p>\n<p>Most\u200d of the lawmakers have \u2064said the Democratic Party is no longer\u2064 open \u200cto \u2064opposing viewpoints. &#8220;I didn&#8217;t \u200cleave the Democrat Party. The Democrat \u200dParty\u200d left ME,&#8221; Mainor tweeted.<\/p>\n<p>  \u200d<\/p>\n<p>Democrats in the Georgia \u200cState\u200c House weren&#8217;t much nicer to \u2063Mainor \u200dthan the trolls. \u2063Mainor\u200b told Fox News Digital that, even before\u200d she switched parties, Democrats &#8220;crucified&#8221; and &#8220;abandoned&#8221;\u200b her for\u200d supporting\u2064 a \u200b<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kentucky-gov-vetoes-school-choice-bill-despite-sending-kids-to-private-school\/\" title=\"Kentucky Gov. Vetoes School Choice Bill Despite Sending Kids To Private School\">school choice bill<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> \u2062 <\/p>\n<p>Mainor responded to\u2062 the\u2064 hate\u2063 mail with kindness.<\/p>\n<p> \u2064 <\/p>\n<div>\n \u2063\u2062  \u2062\u2062 <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/handsoffmyrewards.com\/?utm_source=freebeacon&#038;utm_medium=advertising&#038;utm_campaign=2023\"\u2063 target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>   \u2062 <\/p>\n<p><a\u2062 href=\"https:\/\/handsoffmyrewards.com\/?utm_source=freebeacon&#038;utm_medium=advertising&#038;utm_campaign=2023\" target=\"_blank\"\u2063 rel=\"noopener\"><\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \u2063 <\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;Dear \u200cDemocrat, \u2064I&#8217;m\u200b sorry you feel this way. Support for \u200canyone with thoughts of self-harm can\u2064 be \u2064accessed by calling #988,&#8221; Mainor wrote in response to an email telling her \u2062to kill herself. &#8220;Dear Democrat,&#8221; \u2062she responded \u2064to another hateful, racist message, \u2062&#8221;I&#8217;m sorry you \u2064feel this way. I pray everyone \u2062has a \u2062great Sunday! \u200bIt&#8217;s another day \u200dthe \u200dLord has made.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Mainor, \u2063who\u200d represents a\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hillary-clinton-warns-that-progressive-dems-could-ruin-their-partys-chances-in-2022\/\" title=\"Hillary Clinton Warns That \u2018Progressive\u2019 Dems Could Ruin Their Party\u2019s Chances In 2022\">deep-blue district<\/a> in\u2063 urban Atlanta,\u2062 faces \u200ca <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/black-georgia-lawmaker-hit-with-racist-hate-mail-after-switching-to-gop\/\" title=\"Black Georgia lawmaker receives racist hate mail following party switch to GOP.\">tough\u2064 reelection\u2063 bid<\/a> in 2024.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Georgia state lawmaker Mesha Mainor is facing a barrage of racist slurs and abusive comments in her email from internet trolls. Their anger stems from her choice to leave the Democratic Party. One troll even wrote, &#8220;The RNC won&#8217;t reward you with fried chicken, menthols, Rice Krispies Treats, watermelon, or weed. The Klan should teach you a lesson!&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":894,"featured_media":1976261,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[544],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1976260","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-free-beacon"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1976260","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\/894"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1976260"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1976260\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1976261"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1976260"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1976260"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1976260"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}