Days before the midterm elections, Americans concerned about alleged voter suppression efforts in Georgia and other states will get the chance to see a documentary that puts the issue into sharp relief.
14.10.2022 - 17:47 / foxnews.com
SOUTH FULTON, Ga. – Several voters in South Fulton, Georgia, refused to reject Stacey Abrams' claim that the 2018 gubernatorial election was stolen from her, while some outright supported the Democrat's assertion. "Based off of character, I’m gonna support her on it," one woman, Jasmine, said.
"If she said that’s how it happened, if that’s how she really feels, I’m gonna have to support her on that." Another voter was more skeptical of the claim. "The way I see it is: to what degree?" he said. "There's always some type of tampering or something that people use, even if it’s not malicious, it’s just propaganda," he said. Jasmine, a South Fulton voter, said she supported Stacey Abrams' previous claims that the 2018 gubernatorial election was stolen from her.
(Fox News) Abrams, a Democrat, refused to concede the 2018 gubernatorial election to Republican Brian Kemp after losing by 60,000 votes. In 2019, Abrams said "we won" despite the final tally and Kemp's inauguration, though she has since argued that she accepted the results in 2018. "She won," South Fulton resident, Kaia, said.
"I do feel like it was stolen because she was a Black woman. Not a lot of people want to hear what she has to say." Another voter, Al, shared a similar sentiment. "Who knows, but I would go out on a limb to say yea, it could have been stolen," he said.
In a 2019 address, Abrams said she won her gubernatorial race the year prior. (Fox News ) Abrams, who is again running for governor, had also suggested that Kemp, as secretary of state, enacted policies to suppress Georgia voters. "Before the election, Kemp purged all those people from the rolls-- he shouldn’t have," said one woman who believed the election was stolen.
Days before the midterm elections, Americans concerned about alleged voter suppression efforts in Georgia and other states will get the chance to see a documentary that puts the issue into sharp relief.
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