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State Chapters => State Politics/Government => Topic started by: mystery-ak on October 23, 2018, 01:28:24 pm
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Stacey Abrams admits to burning Georgia flag on eve of final gubernatorial debate
by Caitlin Yilek
| October 23, 2018 08:31 AM
Stacey Abrams, the Democrat who could be the first black woman to win a governor's seat in U.S. history, admitted Monday that she burned the state flag on the steps of the Georgia Capitol in 1992.
At the time, the state flag included a Confederate symbol.
Abrams, who is black, appeared in a photo in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution in June 1992 alongside other students burning the flag at the state Capitol.
Abrams' campaign said in a statement Monday that her actions were part of a “permitted, peaceful protest against the Confederate emblem in the flag,†which led to the flag being changed.
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https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/stacey-abrams-admits-to-burning-georgia-flag-on-eve-of-final-gubernatorial-debate (https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/stacey-abrams-admits-to-burning-georgia-flag-on-eve-of-final-gubernatorial-debate)
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That certainly was productive. *****rollingeyes*****
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It's okay, there was a Confederate symbol on it....