It was skipping a get together in Atlanta this week…..
But it has people wondering about how close the iconic Goregia politican will align herself with her parties national leader President Biden…
With Biden’s numbers in the 40″s and a failed effort to get something national; black organisation want dearly, a Voting Rights Law upgrade….
“There’s a risk of reading too far into it, but any candidate has to be aware that they’re going to be judged, at least a little bit, by what the president is doing – by the job he’s doing,” one Georgia Democrat said. “I think it’s more that Stacey is running her own campaign and setting her own priorities.”
To be sure, Abrams has closely aligned herself with Biden. She openly jockeyed to be his running mate during the 2020 presidential election and campaigned on his behalf throughout the race. And while she didn’t attend his speech on Tuesday, she welcomed him to Georgia in a tweet ahead of his visit and later praised Biden’s “steadfast advocacy for passage” of federal voting rights legislation.
Both Abrams and Biden have pushed back aggressively on any conjecture that their relationship is fraying. Biden told reporters this week that he and Abrams “have a great relationship” and simply “got our scheduling mixed up.”
Seth Bringman, a spokesperson for Abrams’s campaign, slammed “false” narratives about her absence from Biden’s speech, including the notion that she skipped the event because she was denied a speaking slot.
“It’s a disservice to voters across the country and a waste of time and energy amid the fight of our lives for the freedom to vote that unnamed aides would spread false rumors rather than help build momentum for this once-in-a generation opportunity to lead,” Bringman said in a statement to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
Still, her absence from Tuesday’s speech came at a particularly trying moment for Biden. His approval rating has continued a months-long slide and now stands near its lowest-ever point, according to the data website FiveThirtyEight….
David Perdue tests positive for COVID-19 after campaign stop in Georgia
— 8:57 p.m.
By The Associated Press
Georgia Republican gubernatorial candidate David Perdue tested positive for COVID-19 on Monday.
Campaign spokesperson Jenni Sweat said Perdue, a former U.S. senator, recorded a positive result “during routine COVID-19 testing.” Sweat said Perdue is vaccinated and boosted against the respiratory virus. She said Perdue did not have a fever and wasn’t experiencing symptoms as of Monday evening.
Perdue had spoken earlier Monday at the Faith & Freedom luncheon in downtown Atlanta, where most attendees were unmasked. Sweat said Perdue notified the organizers of the gathering of his positive test.
Sweat said Perdue will isolate and “looks forward to being back out on the campaign trail as soon as possible.” He spoke over the internet to a group of Hall County Republicans on Monday evening and Sweat said he plans to campaign virtually while isolating.
Perdue is challenging Gov. Brian Kemp and others for the 2022 Republican nomination for governor. Former President Donald Trump urged Perdue to run, targeting Kemp for not overturning Georgia’s election.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2021/09/20/metro/coronavirus-live-updates/
No even simple mask protocol means you WILL get infected…
Neither me, my four siblings or our spouses have ever gotten infected. But we all take a lot of precautions and are careful of where we go. We are also all fully vaccinated – including booster.