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Raven

(14,080 posts)
Sat Nov 7, 2020, 08:07 AM Nov 2020

Stacey Abrams: I keep reading that Abrams "helped" bring Georgia into the Democratic fold...

It's a classic case of a black woman getting second billing. The fact is that Stacey Abrams made it happen and she needs to get full credit for that.

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Stacey Abrams: I keep reading that Abrams "helped" bring Georgia into the Democratic fold... (Original Post) Raven Nov 2020 OP
She'll deliver the senate too! lisa58 Nov 2020 #1
I do believe she can... FarPoint Nov 2020 #5
Got a question about the elections there DLCWIdem Nov 2020 #19
No idea, but there will be a lot of coverage I'm sure... lisa58 Nov 2020 #25
If she does, she needs to be put in charge of the whole party. Gidney N Cloyd Nov 2020 #22
Truth! lisa58 Nov 2020 #26
I remember being disappointed she wasn't running for Senate but she had bigger plans JI7 Nov 2020 #2
not at all what I'm seeing Brainstormy Nov 2020 #3
The 'media' says she 'helped', Social Media says it was all her. apnu Nov 2020 #4
Well yo do have to give credit to the voters too DLCWIdem Nov 2020 #15
Oh, they fucking know but are too timid to say it RVN VET71 Nov 2020 #40
Stacey didn't just bring Georgia into the Democratic fold - she knocked it down and dragged it StarfishSaver Nov 2020 #6
yep llashram Nov 2020 #7
She's worked tirelessly to turn GA around. paleotn Nov 2020 #8
Other black activists like Latasha Brown helped too LymphocyteLover Nov 2020 #9
Getting 800,000 new voters registered.?GTFOH for anyone that does not want to give credit where its tulipsandroses Nov 2020 #10
People in the know KNOW. NoMoreRepugs Nov 2020 #11
Stacey Abrams killed it in Georgia Dopers_Greed Nov 2020 #12
Stacey Abrams for head of DNC. Lonestarblue Nov 2020 #13
How can we change rural areas as well OhNo-Really Nov 2020 #16
Here are some ideas. Lonestarblue Nov 2020 #32
Wow. Great ideas. Thank you OhNo-Really Nov 2020 #39
I appreciate your well thought ideas. Thanks. Baked Potato Nov 2020 #42
ABC: Just honored Stacy Abram's GOTV in Georgia! mysteryowl Nov 2020 #14
Holy crap wryter2000 Nov 2020 #18
Oh! Thank you!!! mysteryowl Nov 2020 #20
You're welcome wryter2000 Nov 2020 #29
true, SF is large Blue voting block. mysteryowl Nov 2020 #30
You must have missed the many threads in DU praising her left-of-center2012 Nov 2020 #17
Agree X 1,000 nt. SayItLoud Nov 2020 #21
Ms Abrams is first in my book leanforward Nov 2020 #23
Classic case of all women getting second billing. mahannah Nov 2020 #24
Agreed! Who did she "help?" She's not the help. She's the leader. yardwork Nov 2020 #27
David Muir credited her in full on election night KentuckyWoman Nov 2020 #28
Someone from North Carolina needs to spend some time with her. Ace Rothstein Nov 2020 #31
+1000 Celerity Nov 2020 #45
She did help. The voters are the ones that did it. n/t mathematic Nov 2020 #33
Who got top billing? jalan48 Nov 2020 #34
Stacey Abrams and Georgians berlin_expat Nov 2020 #35
If you want to thank her" TNNurse Nov 2020 #36
If you want to donate to Stacey Abrams' "Fight Fair", here is NCjack Nov 2020 #37
I just went and gave there.... Historic NY Nov 2020 #41
She was definitely the MVP of the Georgia GOTV effort... Wounded Bear Nov 2020 #38
Stacy Abrams is RIGHTEOUS!!!!! GeoWilliam750 Nov 2020 #43
She has been awesome treestar Nov 2020 #44
She is getting recognized for her power liberal N proud Nov 2020 #46

DLCWIdem

(1,580 posts)
19. Got a question about the elections there
Sat Nov 7, 2020, 09:44 AM
Nov 2020

How do those elections go. Do they put both runoffs on same ballot or use to separate ballots. Can they do mail ins votes?

apnu

(8,790 posts)
4. The 'media' says she 'helped', Social Media says it was all her.
Sat Nov 7, 2020, 08:35 AM
Nov 2020

The people know even if editors and producers don’t.

RVN VET71

(2,767 posts)
40. Oh, they fucking know but are too timid to say it
Sat Nov 7, 2020, 10:52 AM
Nov 2020

Not so much because Stacey's a Black woman as because the editors and producers of the news media are wimps.

llashram

(6,269 posts)
7. yep
Sat Nov 7, 2020, 08:44 AM
Nov 2020

with 67,000,000+ voting for dump, it is and has always been and I fear will always be, "a classic case of a black woman getting second billing". When she was all in and worked her ass off to deliver Ga. to us!!! American news producers never want to help an African-American in a case like this. I remember how relatively quiet they were about her post-election and the voting discrepancies that STOLE the vote from her. TO HELL with the aholes that deny she is the one!!!

LymphocyteLover

(6,557 posts)
9. Other black activists like Latasha Brown helped too
Sat Nov 7, 2020, 08:53 AM
Nov 2020

But clearly Stacey Abrams was the leader and deserves huge praise

tulipsandroses

(6,085 posts)
10. Getting 800,000 new voters registered.?GTFOH for anyone that does not want to give credit where its
Sat Nov 7, 2020, 09:03 AM
Nov 2020

due.

What dems need to do, is follow suit nationwide. Stop going after the " working class vote" - And we know who they are talking about there. Its not the black or brown bus driver, waitress, beautician, " essential workers", nursing assistants. Nah. Those folks are not "working class" I suppose.

Nah, instead we've already turned to scapegoating some of the people in our own party. Without whose hard work, defeating trump would have been impossible. Finger pointing and blaming instead of thinking we have a white supremacy problem, we have a voter suppression problem, we have an ignorant electorate problem, many of whom buy into conspiracy theories.

Take a page out of Stacy Abrams book. Despite record numbers of people voting. We are still not anywhere near the majority of people voting. How about we work to activate those non voters to build up our base, instead of chasing after " the working class" who are NOT coming back or will NEVER be democrats. They do not have democratic values. They will find any damn excuse to not vote for democrats, and then we parrot their bullshit.

Dopers_Greed

(2,647 posts)
12. Stacey Abrams killed it in Georgia
Sat Nov 7, 2020, 09:20 AM
Nov 2020

Overall, Repugs' effectiveness at GOTV was terrifying though.

We need to beat them at this or we're a minority party forever.

Lonestarblue

(11,558 posts)
13. Stacey Abrams for head of DNC.
Sat Nov 7, 2020, 09:32 AM
Nov 2020

She would be great at devising a 50-state solution and for working with state Democratic Parties for state elections. We need to focus on winning more state elections.

In 2022, we risk losing more House seats and we have some important US Senate elections. Republicans will be defending 22 seats to our 12, but many of theirs are in reliably red states. I can see a possible pickup for Twomey’s seat in PA and maybe Ron Johnson’s if he chooses not to run again.

Most of the Democratic seats are safe, although Masto and Hassan might be at risk. Masto won with only 48% and Hassan with 47%. If we fail to win both of the GA seats, we’ll have a chance for a couple of sets in 2022, but that work needs to start soon, and having Stacey Abrams on the job would be great.

OhNo-Really

(3,991 posts)
16. How can we change rural areas as well
Sat Nov 7, 2020, 09:39 AM
Nov 2020

They have kids & grandkids whose future is grim without change.


Ideas? Helmets & bulletproof armor?

Lonestarblue

(11,558 posts)
32. Here are some ideas.
Sat Nov 7, 2020, 10:03 AM
Nov 2020

For every federal agency, establish state liaisons to specific groups in a state. For example, the Department of Agriculture meeds one or more liaisons to farmers—not the big agribusiness operations that actually hurt family farmers—to learn their challenges and to craft policies that better address their concerns. I confess that I don’t know whether federal agencies already have such liaisons, but if they’re Trump appointees they’re useless. I can give an example from my own family of how big businesses hurt farmers. Seeds have been genetically modified so that farmers cannot save the seeds from a crop and reuse them for the next season. They must purchase new seeds each season, adding to their costs. And the seeds are not guaranteed. So if a local seed supplier holds over seeds from one year to the next and those seeds fail, the farmer is out the cost.

And we need to continue to focus on healthcare. Farmers have to buy their own, as do owners and employees of small businesses. We need special liaisons to small business owners, many of whom vote for Republicans because they believe their taxes will be lower.

A second way to help rural areas is to look at how to protect their local or regional hospitals. Hundreds of such hospitals have been closed because they failed to make the kinda of profits demanded by private equity investors.

Another way to help rural community is to take the billions of dollars we now use to subsidize the fossil fuel industry and use it to give incentives to alternative energy manufacturers to locate in smaller communities. It’s all about jobs and helping them keep their kids from moving to the cities for work. The coal miners in Kentucky and West Virginia cannot afford to move to West Texas for oil jobs (not that any are available now), but they could keep their homes with work in a solar panel manufacturer in their community. I think this is already part of Biden’s plan, though I don’t know whether the focus is on smaller rural areas.

We need to address immigration, though this has always been the third rail of US politics. First is to give the DACA kids a path to citizenship. Second is to find a way for people who have worked here for decades to work toward citizenship or to have legal status to work without fear of deportation. This one will be tough because it will enrage lots of people. Next is to look at US aid to countries like El Salvador, and Honduras to increase the effectiveness of programs that encourage industry, job training, and honesty. Gang control will also be a big issue in these countries if we don’t want hundreds of thousands of migrants at our borders. I’m not against immigration, but the pace needs to be one where the numbers can be assimilated.

We need to focus on opportunity and not social issues. If we counter Republican propaganda about back violence and same-sex marriage and abortion with messaging about job creation and wage increases, we’ll be more successful.

mysteryowl

(7,735 posts)
14. ABC: Just honored Stacy Abram's GOTV in Georgia!
Sat Nov 7, 2020, 09:36 AM
Nov 2020

She and her organization registered over 800,000 new voters!

mysteryowl

(7,735 posts)
20. Oh! Thank you!!!
Sat Nov 7, 2020, 09:46 AM
Nov 2020

You will have a very memorable time! Just think of all the new friends you will have too!

Thank you for helping to bring home the TWO democratic senators we need for the essential senate majority!



Keep us on Du updated with your work.

wryter2000

(47,277 posts)
29. You're welcome
Sat Nov 7, 2020, 10:00 AM
Nov 2020

I’ll be doing it from my phone in CA. I did a little work for NC. There’s really not much to do in the SF Bay Area.

leanforward

(1,080 posts)
23. Ms Abrams is first in my book
Sat Nov 7, 2020, 09:49 AM
Nov 2020

She use to work in the background. In my opinion, my question to her is " how do you like your coffee"?

yardwork

(63,817 posts)
27. Agreed! Who did she "help?" She's not the help. She's the leader.
Sat Nov 7, 2020, 09:51 AM
Nov 2020

Abrams led the effort to bring Georgia into the Democratic fold. There. Fixed it for them.

Ace Rothstein

(3,278 posts)
31. Someone from North Carolina needs to spend some time with her.
Sat Nov 7, 2020, 10:03 AM
Nov 2020

Then implement everything she did in Georgia in North Carolina.

berlin_expat

(26 posts)
35. Stacey Abrams and Georgians
Sat Nov 7, 2020, 10:15 AM
Nov 2020

I do believe I said Stacey Abrams and all those who helped. I failed to include the word "and" between the words "Stacey Abrams and "all those".
RELAX!

TNNurse

(7,091 posts)
36. If you want to thank her"
Sat Nov 7, 2020, 10:16 AM
Nov 2020

Stacey Abrams
Fair Fight
1270 Caroline St. N.E.
Suite D120-311
Atlanta, GA 30307

GeoWilliam750

(2,539 posts)
43. Stacy Abrams is RIGHTEOUS!!!!!
Sat Nov 7, 2020, 08:49 PM
Nov 2020

We need her out on point making sure that EVERYONE in the US can vote without hindrance.

Without voter suppression the Republican party cannot win except in rural states.

liberal N proud

(60,916 posts)
46. She is getting recognized for her power
Sat Nov 7, 2020, 08:53 PM
Nov 2020

She is now known nationally and we have not seen the last of her. This was her FU to the Georgia good ol` boys club.

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