Earlier Monday, White House Press Secretary didn’t exactly clear things up when she was asked if voting rights crusader Stacey Abrams would be attending President Joe Biden’s speech in Georgia on Tuesday:
REPORTER: "Will Stacey Abrams be joining the president during any of these remarks?"
PSAKI: "There will be a number of elected officials joining us…" pic.twitter.com/Yb0LvrQeDf
— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) January 10, 2022
Did Psaki mishear the question or does she think Abrams is an elected official? Well, it’s later in the day now, and we’re learning from an aide that Abrams will not be attending Biden’s speech, in which he’s expected to reiterate his call for a filibuster “carveout” to get “voting rights” legislation passed. It seems there’s a conflict keeping Abrams away.
New: @staceyabrams will not be able to attend Biden's voting rights speech tomorrow in GA due to a conflict, an Abrams aide tells me and @reidepstein
— Nick Corasaniti (@NYTnickc) January 10, 2022
— Stephe96 (@Stephe96) January 10, 2022
— Lord Woodstone (Toss all MAPS out the airlock) (@EricMertz_KC) January 10, 2022
— Stephen Lawson (@StephenLawson_) January 10, 2022
— CYNDI (@CYNDI_ROSE__) January 10, 2022
Oh my.
— jim whitney (@whitney1234) January 10, 2022
https://twitter.com/kazoo10s/status/1480679366795444232
Because he’s toxic
— Chris Kelley (@KelleyNorth) January 10, 2022
In other words, even Stacey Abrams knows it's political suicide to be linked to Joe
— Jon Johnson (@JonJohn32137844) January 10, 2022
Some conflict. 🤔 potus or . . . 🤷🏻♀️
— Mattie #fuckingglobalcrisis Lisbon 🐳🐘☮️ 🐕🔥 (@Mattielisbon) January 10, 2022
What could possibly be more important than meeting with the Leader of the Free World on a topic you are most known for promoting, @staceyabrams? #gapol
— GiraffinMeCrazy (@GiraffinC) January 10, 2022
Stacey can't change her schedule to stand with Biden and Harris as they discuss her top priority?
Weird. https://t.co/p15kMCjc9S
— Katharine Cooksey Noyes (@Cooksey__) January 10, 2022
This is a very notable absence. https://t.co/AMhpLpmO2J
— Katie Rogers (@katierogers) January 10, 2022
Well, a Governor's schedule is extremely busy.
— I Can’t Even (@PalleyKara) January 10, 2022
Is it an imaginary conflict to go along with her imaginary duties as imaginary Governor?
— Scottergate (@Scottergate) January 10, 2022
Lol. When the gap tooth "governor" abandons your incompetent ass, you know you done f@cked everything all up
— DimeAnd5 (@DimeAnd5) January 10, 2022
When even the Fantasy State Governor won't show up.
— nobodyimportant (he/haw/ho) (@nosoloco) January 10, 2022
If I were a black woman politician, you couldn't pay me to be caught dead in the same room as Biden right now.
Good luck to Kamala. https://t.co/zwGoQSnqMG
— Genie Lauren (@MoreAndAgain) January 10, 2022
LOL. When Stacey won't jump in front of a camera… https://t.co/x2DXICwXHc
— William J. Smith (@WilliamJSmithJr) January 10, 2022
— Jerry Seymour (@tenfourguy) January 10, 2022
— Trisha (@Trisha_Tahmasbi) January 10, 2022
This is turning into an absolute disaster for Biden/Harris.
At what point do they just cancel the trip altogether? https://t.co/3cx3jOYIGA
— Matt Whitlock (@mattdizwhitlock) January 10, 2022
Even rats know when to leave a sinking ship. https://t.co/xbqpdL1Zm3
— Hazy shade of Ordy (@ThatAmish1) January 10, 2022
The lady who thinks an election was stolen from her has better things to do? https://t.co/Hjbg3wrfTT
— t johnson (@retsyn) January 10, 2022
When she finally came around to accepting that she lost, she firmly placed the blame on “voter suppression,” even though there was record voter turnout.
Narrow ingress? https://t.co/PQRPCnEoKd
— Holz 4.0: Not A Fed (@40Holz) January 10, 2022
Related:
‘Just straight-up lying’: Jen Psaki’s doing a characteristically terrible job of selling us on Joe Biden and Dems’ commitment to voting rights [videos] https://t.co/6S4lfdZi6H
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) January 10, 2022
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