{"id":497729,"date":"2021-05-11T20:35:09","date_gmt":"2021-05-12T00:35:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=497729"},"modified":"2021-05-11T20:35:18","modified_gmt":"2021-05-12T00:35:18","slug":"she-speaks-for-white-liberals-black-leaders-entrepreneurs-slam-stacey-abrams-over-georgia-boycott","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/she-speaks-for-white-liberals-black-leaders-entrepreneurs-slam-stacey-abrams-over-georgia-boycott\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018She Speaks For White Liberals\u2019: Black Leaders, Entrepreneurs Slam Stacey Abrams Over Georgia Boycott"},"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\">28<\/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%2Fshe-speaks-for-white-liberals-black-leaders-entrepreneurs-slam-stacey-abrams-over-georgia-boycott%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=497729&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--><p>A coalition of black community leaders and business owners called out former Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams during a press conference Tuesday for promoting misinformation about Georgia\u2019s election law that led to boycotts of the state.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.prnewswire.com\/news-releases\/black-leaders-business-owners-call-out-stacey-abrams-and-demand-dialogue-with-corporate-america-about-the-diversity-of-opinions-in-the-black-community-301288589.html\">press conference<\/a>, hosted by the Black Americans for a Better Future Education Fund and the Georgia Black Republican Council, aimed to remind corporate leaders <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/03\/31\/corporations-executives-slam-georgias-new-election-bill\/\">opposed to<\/a> Georgia\u2019s election law that the black community is not a political monolith and Abrams does not represent the views of all black people.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<span class=\"xn-person\">Stacey Abrams<\/span> doesn\u2019t speak for the black community; she speaks for the white liberals who bankroll her political ambitions,\u201d said <span class=\"xn-person\">Raynard Jackson<\/span>, chairman of the Black Americans for a Better Future Education Fund. \u201c<span class=\"xn-person\">Stacey Abrams<\/span> doesn\u2019t actually care about making it easier for black people to vote; she only cares about making it easier for Democrats to vote.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7189854\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" readability=\"34\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7189854\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7189854\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1282037224-scaled-1.jpg\" alt=\"LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - OCTOBER 24: Former Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams speaks at a Democratic canvass kickoff as she campaigns for Joe Biden and Kamala Harris at Bruce Trent Park on October 24, 2020 in Las Vegas, Nevada. In-person early voting for the general election in the battleground state began on October 17 and continues through October 30. (Photo by Ethan Miller\/Getty Images)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1282037224-scaled-1.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1282037224-154x120.jpg 154w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1282037224-620x482-1.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1282037224-768x597-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1282037224-1536x1194-1.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1282037224-2048x1592-1.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-7189854\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Former Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams speaks at a Democratic canvass kickoff on October 24, 2020 (Ethan Miller\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Participants said Abrams and other prominent Democrats, <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/04\/01\/biden-pressures-mlb-move-all-star-game-atlanta-georgia-voting-law\/\">including<\/a> President Joe Biden, <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/03\/31\/georgia-voting-bill-absentee-voting-id-requirement-food-water\/\">promoted false claims<\/a> about provisions of the state\u2019s Election Integrity Act such as voter ID requirements and early voting rules.<\/p>\n<p>Democrats and Atlanta-based companies like Delta Airlines and Coca-Cola also <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/03\/26\/jim-crow-2-0-critics-georgia-bill-kemp-abrams\/\">compared the election law<\/a> to Jim Crow, arguing it would disenfranchise racial minorities and amounted to voter suppression. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/04\/20\/corporations-united-states-voting-rights-georgia-progressives-amazon\/\">(RELATED: Corporate America Will Lobby For Progressive Policies \u2014 Unless It Costs Them Money)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrankly, it\u2019s insulting that corporate leaders were so willing to go along with her narrative of black helplessness, and it\u2019s patronizing that they thought they were advancing the interest of black voters by opposing this common-sense effort to ensure free and fair elections for all Georgians,\u201d said <span class=\"xn-person\">Lisa Babbage<\/span>\u00a0of the Georgia Black Republican Council.<\/p>\n<p>Abrams later implored corporations and consumers in late March <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/04\/01\/stacey-abrams-please-dont-boycott-georgia-joe-biden-mlb-pga-coca-cola\/\">not to boycott<\/a> Georgia over the election law, stating in a video that boycotts would hurt black Georgians the most. But community and business leaders blamed Abrams during Tuesday\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.prnewswire.com\/news-releases\/black-leaders-business-owners-call-out-stacey-abrams-and-demand-dialogue-with-corporate-america-about-the-diversity-of-opinions-in-the-black-community-301288589.html\">press conference<\/a> for contributing to the boycott rhetoric.<\/p>\n<p>Major League Baseball, for example, <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/04\/05\/social-justice-major-league-baseball-all-star-game-atlanta-georgia-denver-colorado\/\">announced it would move<\/a> the 2021 All-Star Game from Atlanta to Denver in protest of the law. The move, which is <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/04\/05\/black-owned-businesses-major-hit-major-league-baseball-move-out-atlanta-voter-law\/\">estimated to cost<\/a> Atlanta more than $100 million in lost revenue, was criticized by black business owners.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A coalition of black community leaders and business owners called out former Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams during a press conference Tuesday for promoting misinformation about Georgia\u2019s election law that &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2277859,"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\/05\/GettyImages-1282037224-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"\u2018She Speaks For White Liberals\u2019: Black Leaders, Entrepreneurs Slam Stacey Abrams Over Georgia Boycott","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-497729","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1282037224-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"\u2018She Speaks For White Liberals\u2019: Black Leaders, Entrepreneurs Slam Stacey Abrams Over Georgia Boycott","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/497729","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=497729"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/497729\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2277859"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=497729"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=497729"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=497729"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}