>@BeeForGeorgia’s applause line in Forsyth County: “There’s some confusion. There are some people who believe my opponent is a hero … But should the bar for the state of Georgia be that low? In the words of Stacey Abrams: Not committing treason doesn’t make you a hero.” #gapol
LG nominee Charlie Bailey draws a big ovation with this swipe at his opponent Burt Jones, who was a fake elector. “If you participate in a coup to overthrow the United States government, you are not qualified, you are not fit to hold any office.” #gapol
.@StaceyAbrams: “We have the opportunity to change the future of a generation – starting now … We can serve everyone in the state of Georgia. It’s not about taking away from anyone. It’s about expanding our imagination so we can serve everyone.” #gapol
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The Jolt: Democrats blame GOP for Wellstar hospital closure. The healthcare system says expanding Medicaid “would not have changed this outcome” given mounting financial troubles for the Atlanta Medical Center #gapol ajc.com/politics/polit…
More jolt: “It’s a choice to cost Atlanta 460 hospital beds in an overstretched, underfunded system,” said Abrams. “It’s a choice to reject money that we’ve all paid for with our federal taxes … It’s a choice to pretend there’s nothing to be done.” #gapolajc.com/politics/polit…
More jolt: If Georgia had fully expanded Medicaid, would this hospital have survived? “No,” was the answer we got from Wellstar. #gapol
Seismic news for Atlanta’s fragile healthcare system.
Wellstar Health System is in talks about potentially closing Atlanta Medical Center, a 460-bed hospital in downtown Atlanta and a century-old anchor of the city’s health care. #gapol
Earlier this year it shuttered the emergency room and regular hospital beds at Atlanta Medical Center South in East Point. That was the only ER in Fulton County south of I-20. #gapolajc.com/news/coronavir…
>@staceyabrams responds: “Half measures are not going to cut it. Time to change Governors and fully expand Medicaid.” #gapol
More jolt: Questions over when and how they might campaign together were sent into overdrive Monday after a Warnock campaign event in Newnan, where the senator did not directly answer a query about whether he would campaign with Abrams. #gapol#gasenajc.com/politics/polit…
More jolt: Former U.S. Sen. David Perdue still has more than $4.2M left over in his Senate campaign account. Among the places he can transfer his cash is to Gov. Kemp’s leadership committee … #gapol
Fulton County DA Fani Willis isn’t messing around. Her letter to Kemp’s lawyer, embedded in the today’s court filing over a pending subpoena of the governor:
“The email you have sent is offensive and beneath an officer of the court. You are both wrong and confused.” #gapol
“There is an old adage that people take kindness for weakness. You have taken my kindness for weakness and you have continually treated this investigation with disdain. Despite your disdain this investigation continues and will not be derailed by anyone’s antics …” #gapol