{"id":428880,"date":"2021-04-15T18:20:41","date_gmt":"2021-04-15T22:20:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=428880"},"modified":"2021-04-15T18:20:44","modified_gmt":"2021-04-15T22:20:44","slug":"stacey-abrams-group-tells-hollywood-to-nix-boycotting-georgia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/stacey-abrams-group-tells-hollywood-to-nix-boycotting-georgia\/","title":{"rendered":"Stacey Abrams Group Tells Hollywood To Nix Boycotting Georgia"},"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\">18<\/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-group-tells-hollywood-to-nix-boycotting-georgia%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=428880&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\/2021\/04\/fb_image-2109.jpeg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>An organization founded by failed gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams has called upon Hollywood to continue standing against Georgia\u2019s voter integrity laws while not hurting the state economically.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/stacey-abrams-georgia-voting-laws-hollywood-boycott-stay-fight-1583501\">Newsweek<\/a>, Fair Fight, the voter organization founded by Stacy Abrams, told Hollywood to \u201cstay and fight\u201d the new law as opposed to cutting and running.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBrian Kemp and Georgia Republican lawmakers are singularly responsible for any job that is lost and any dollar that goes out of Georgia, because they prioritized suppressing voters of color over the economic well-being of all Georgians,\u201d Fair Fight spokesman Seth Bringman told Newsweek.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe urge events, productions, and businesses to come to Georgia and support the very communities that will [sic] whose access to the ballot will be hurt by Senate Bill 202. Come to Georgia and speak out against voter suppression. Stay and fight,\u201d the statement added.<\/p>\n<p>After maligning Georgia\u2019s voter integrity law, prompting calls for boycotts, Stacey Abrams and other Democrats in the Peach State <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/stacey-abrams-pushed-misinformation-about-georgia-voting-bill-now-shes-upset-by-the-consequences\">were alarmed<\/a> after the MLB pulled the All-Star game from Atlanta.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLike many Georgians, I am disappointed that the MLB is relocating the All-Star game; however, I commend the players, owners and League commissioner for speaking out,\u201d said Abrams in an early April statement. \u201cI urge others in positions of leadership to do so as well. As I have stated, I respect boycotts, although I don\u2019t want to see Georgia families hurt by lost events and jobs. Georgians targeted by voter suppression will be hurt as opportunities go to other states. We should not abandon the victims of GOP malice and lies \u2013 we must stand together.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGeorgia Republicans must renounce the terrible damage they have caused to our voting system and the harm they have inflicted on our economy,\u201d she added. \u201cOur corporate community must get off the sidelines as full partners in this fight, acknowledging that the provisions of SB 2020 do not expand voting rights. They restrict those rights, affecting employees and consumers alike. And leaders must publicly support the voting rights provisions in the For the People Act and the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act to mitigate the harm being done in Georgia and other states.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this week, actor Will Smith and director Antoine Fuqua announced that they would be moving production of the upcoming runaway slave thriller \u201cEmancipation\u201d from the state of Georgia to Louisiana, costing an estimated $15 million in taxes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt this moment in time, the Nation is coming to terms with its history and is attempting to eliminate vestiges of institutional racism to achieve true racial justice,\u201d Will Smith and director Antoine Fuqua said in a joint statement to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2021\/04\/apple-will-smith-antoine-fuqua-runaway-slave-movie-emancipation-georgia-exit-election-law-1234732247\/\">Deadline<\/a>. \u201cWe cannot in good conscience provide economic support to a government that enacts regressive voting laws that are designed to restrict voter access. The new Georgia voting laws are reminiscent of voting impediments that were passed at the end of Reconstruction to prevent many Americans from voting. Regrettably, we feel compelled to move our film production work from Georgia to another state.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As The Daily Wire\u2019s Ian Haworth <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/water-and-jim-crow-debunking-the-most-egregious-georgia-voting-law-falsehoods\">reported<\/a>, the voter integrity law does not discriminate against black people and even contains policies that black Americans support, such as voter ID requirements.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/water-and-jim-crow-debunking-the-most-egregious-georgia-voting-law-falsehoods\">\u2018Water\u2019 And \u2018Jim Crow\u2019: Debunking The Most Egregious Georgia Voting Law&nbsp;Falsehoods<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><i>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;<\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i>member<\/i><\/a><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An organization founded by failed gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams has called upon Hollywood to continue standing against Georgia\u2019s voter integrity laws while not hurting the state economically.In a statement to &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2312262,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-2109.jpeg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Stacey Abrams Group Tells Hollywood To Nix Boycotting Georgia","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-428880","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-2109.jpeg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Stacey Abrams Group Tells Hollywood To Nix Boycotting Georgia","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/428880","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=428880"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/428880\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2312262"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=428880"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=428880"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=428880"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}