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Dem candidate for Georgia governor Stacey Abrams won't pick cotton
[Daily Caller] The Democratic nominee in Georgia’s gubernatorial election had to walk back comments that suggested the agriculture and hospitality industries weren’t worth working in.The controversy began when Stacey Abrams was giving a speech at Georgia Southern University as part of her "We Are Georgia" bus tour. "I want to create a lot of different jobs because people shouldn’t have to go into agriculture or hospitality to make a living in Georgia. Why not create renewable energy jobs because ‐ I’m going to tell ya’ll a secret ‐ climate change is real," Abrams said Tuesday at the campaign rally. Throughout the campaign, Abrams has been a big proponent of solar and wind energy, and has made fighting climate change a part of her campaign platform. The Democratic candidate went on to claim in her Tuesday speech that the state could create 25,000 to 45,000 "good paying" jobs if renewable energy industry is recognized as "not only the future," but also as "the now." The insinuation that agriculture wasn’t worth working in drew backlash from her critics. Georgia Secretary of State Brian Kemp, who is the Republican nominee in the election, suggested her comments were "hurtful" and an indication that she was spending too much time with her "socialist backers in San Francisco." Posted by: Besoeker 2018-10-19 |
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