‘s server See–minus one Whoopi Goldberg still hangs—Laws to Republican candidate Stacey Abrams on Monday for giving Republicans political “ammunition” by posing without a mask for a photo with a room full of masked students.
The talk show targeted the progressive star based on the “lame pretext” her campaign came up with in response to growing outrage, specifically calling for Abrams’ use of Black History Month in response to her criticisms.
Abrams, who are you? run again for the governor in Georgia, was burned for deleted tweets since deleted which included photos of her visiting an elementary school in Decatur. The school’s principal shared a photo of the maskless Abrams sitting in front of a row of masked children — prompting the candidate to publicly thank the principal while quoting tweets about the photos. (Both Abrams and the principal deleted the posts, which later also deactivated her Twitter account.)
Considering Abrams’ support for strict school mask mandates, it didn’t take long to spark a backlash over the weekend, especially from her Republican opponents. Responding to criticism, her campaign said it was “disgraceful that our opponents used the Black History Month reading for Georgia children as an impetus for a false political attack.” wrong.”
While not offering any further explanation for the photos, camp Abrams has contradicted both Governor Brian Kemp and former GOP Sen. David Perdue, who is opposing the embattled Kemp. in the Republican primaries. “One of Stacey’s opponents downplayed the virus while trading stocks to profit from the pandemic following his private coronavirus briefing as a Senator,” the statement added. . “Another of her opponents has attacked mayors who are looking to protect their citizens and have failed to expand access to Medicaid even with rural hospitals closing.”
During the Monday broadcast of See, co-host Joy Behar said she was “a bit shocked” by the snapshot because the famous Democratic activist “is one of the smartest people in politics” and should have known better.
“And she slipped up here,” sighed Behar. “They took pictures of her with these maskless children, helping and comforting the other side. That’s what she did. And I’m amazed at her, to tell you the truth, she’s going to slide up. “
Concurring with Behar, co-host Sunny Hostin wondered why Abrams would do it as it would just “provide the right ammunition”. Then she made the handling of the campaign a challenge.
“First of all, this has nothing to do with Black History Month. The problem was that she wasn’t wearing a mask when she was one of the proponents of the masking mission,” emphasized Hostin.
After reading an additional statement from the campaign manager Hostin claimed that Abrams took off the mask so the kids could hear her, adding: “She should have worn the mask. It’s a lame excuse.”
As the segment ended, and co-host Sara Haines said Abrams was “better than that,” both Behar and Hostin lamented the unnecessary controversy the site hoped for—and often view guests—Sparked.
“It was shocking because she was such a good strategist,” Behar noted. “Also, she strategize.”
“It was an impossibility mistake of the worst kind because I don’t know that I necessarily believe that politicians are role models anymore, but for a lot of people she is and you want to be good. more from my role model,” replied Hostin. “Model the right behavior.”
