Georgia Democrat flips position on boycotts as economic costs loom

>> THAT IS THE BIGGEST at your Lexus dealer. >> THAT IS THE BIGGEST FLIP-FLOP SINCE JOHN KERRY I HAVE EVER SEEN. FOR SOMEONE THAT HAS BEEN PRESSURING THESE CORPORATIONS, PRESSURING MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL TO NOW COME OUT AFTER THE FACT AND SAY DON’T BOYCOTT? PEOPLE ARE GETTING SCREWED IN THIS. >> Harris: GEORGIA GOVERNOR BRIAN KEMP CALLING OUT STACEY ABRAMS WHO LED THE OPPOSITION AGAINST THE STATE’S NEW VOTING LAW. ESTIMATE IS NOW URGING COMPANIES LIKE MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL NOT TO BOYCOTT BECAUSE OF THE POTENTIAL ECONOMIC IMPACT ON MINORITY VOTERS. MIGHT HAVE WANTED TO DO THAT RESEARCH BEFORE YOU CALLED FOR A BOYCOTT IF THAT’S WHAT SHE DID. MLB’S REPORTED DECISION TO MOVE THE ALL-STAR GAME COULD COST THE STATE $100 MILLION IN LOST BUSINESS. SOME DEMOCRATS ARE STILL SUPPORTING THE LEAGUE’S CHOICE. WATCH. >> I RESPECT THEIR DECISION, I UNDERSTAND THE DECISION. BUT I DON’T LIKE THE FACT THAT WE HAVE BEEN PUT IN THIS POSITION BY OUR STATE LEGISLATURE AND OUR GOVERNOR BECAUSE THE PEOPLE OF GEORGIA WILL SUFFER. >> Harris: POWER PANEL IS BACK. RICHARD FOWLER AND TAMMY BRUCE. THOSE ARE THE FACTS, RICHARD. PEOPLE OF COLOR ARE ALREADY SUFFERING IF THOSE DOLLARS ARE MOVING OUT. >> I THINK THAT’S RIGHT. I DON’T AGREE WITH BOYCOTTS LIKE THIS. IT ENDS UP HURTING PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THE METROPOLITAN ATLANTA AREA WHERE THE ALL-STAR GAME WAS GOING TO BE HELD. THEY ARE ALREADY HURTING. I THINK WE NEED TO REALLY HAVE A LARGER CONVERSATION ON HOW WE INSURE THAT VOTING WORKS IN GEORGIA AND HOW WE ALSO INSURE BUSINESSES WORK IN GEORGIA. I KNOW THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF CONVERSATION AROUND THE VOTING LAW. ONE FACT WORTH POINTING OUT. IN THE 2020 ELECTION 94 ABSENTEE DROP BOXES IN ATLANTA, COBB COUNTY AND GWINNETT COUNTY. UNDER THE NEW LAW ONLY 23 ABSENTEE DROP BOXES IN THOSE SAME COUNTIES. A DROP OF 75 DROP BOXES. IT IS A HUGE DIFFERENCE WHEN IT COMES TO PEOPLE HAVING THE ACCESS TO THE BALLOT AND ABILITY TO DROP THEIR BALLOTS OFF. THAT’S WHAT WE’RE FIGHTING AGAINST. >> Harris: TAMMY, I WANT TO COME TO YOU AS A RESPONSE TO THAT AND I WANT TO GET TO SENATOR TIM SCOTT. >> THOSE DROP BOXES WERE PLACED NEVER EXISTED BEFORE BECAUSE OF THE CORONAVIRUS. THIS REMAINS AN EXPANSION OF ACCESS WHICH DID NOT EXIST BEFORE. BUT LET ME JUST SAY. >> ISN’T THAT A GOOD THING. >> FROM CHARLES PAYNE AT FOX BUSINESS NETWORK, $50 MILLION LOST FOR BLACK WORKERS AND BLACK BUSINESSES BECAUSE OF THIS. JOE BIDEN WON THAT STATE. THEY SENT TWO DEMOCRATS INTO THE SENATE. IS THIS WHAT YOU VOTED FOR? NOT JUST 8,000 HOTEL ROOMS THAT HAD BEEN BOOKED AND ARE NOW GOING TO BE DROPPED BECAUSE OF THE CRUSH OF THIS. IT IS OBSCENE AND UNFAIR AND ESPECIALLY WITH THE MISREPRESENTATIONS OF WHAT THIS VOTING LAW HAS DONE. >> Harris: YOU KNOW, IT SEEMS TO ME THAT THE CONVERSATION AROUND RACE AND RACISM IS JUST SO RED HOT RIGHT NOW I’M NOT SURE THAT PEOPLE ARE ACTUALLY HAVING THE WORDS COME OUT OF THEIR MOUTHS THEY WISH THEY COULD SO WE COULD ALL MOVE FORWARD. SENATOR TIM SCOTT TWEETED THIS QUOTE. TAKE IN THE DETAILS OF THIS. GEORGIA VOTERS IDENTIFICATION, 17 DAYS OF EARLY VOTING. COLORADO VOTER I.D.15 DAYS OF EARLY VOTING. ATLANTA IS 51% BLACK, DENVER IS 9.2% BLACK. THE MLB B IS MOVING THE ALL-STAR GAME OUT OF ATLANTA, WHICH HAS MORE DAY OF VOTING RIGHTS THAN COLORADO. AND AS SENATOR SCOTT SAYS THE WOKES ARE AT IT AGAIN, FOLKS. TAMMY, BACK TO YOU. >> LOOK, I THINK THIS IS WHAT IS CLEAR. THE DEMOCRATS HAVE NOT -- RARELY THINK ABOUT THEIR CONSTITUENTS. YOU CAN LOOK AT THE CHAOS AT THE BORDER, YOU LOOK AT THE CHAOS NOW IN ATLANTA. EVERYTHING IS POLITICAL. EVERYTHING IS ABOUT WHAT THEY CAN GET WHEN IT COMES TO WHAT THEY SAY THEIR AGENDA IS. IF THEIR AGENDA IS REALLY TO HELP PEOPLE IN THE URBAN AREAS AND PEOPLE OF COLOR, THEY SHOULD BE DOING THE OPPOSITE OF WHAT THEY ARE DOING NOW.

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Length: 4min 24sec (264 seconds)

Published: Tue Apr 06 2021

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[u/alcedes78]

Stacy Abrams had initially said that a Boycott was not the preferred response since small business owners would get hurt by it.