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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsGa. governor sues to "restrain" Mayor Keisha Bottoms from press statements & speaking to press
Keisha Lance Bottoms @KeishaBottoms (Mayor of Atlanta)In addition to being sued over a mask mandate and voluntary advisory guidelines on COVID-19, @GovKemp has asked for an emergency injunction to restrain me from issuing press statements and speaking to the press. Far more have sacrificed too much more for me to be silent.
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hlthe2b
(102,468 posts)Andy823
(11,495 posts)trump!
Seems like all the idiot governors who do things like this are from red states, and all of them take their marching orders from the same moron, trump!
Liberal In Texas
(13,601 posts)suing somebody or making them file a lawsuit against him when he doesn't pay them what he owes.
But I suspect Barr is fully complacent.
Bernardo de La Paz
(49,060 posts)Kid Berwyn
(15,018 posts)Leaves sufferers with no sense of irony or shame.
Trueblue Texan
(2,448 posts)Can't think of anyone else that stupid.
ck4829
(35,094 posts)I'll just be quiet now.
dem4decades
(11,312 posts)we live?
TheBlackAdder
(28,237 posts)2naSalit
(86,880 posts)Pacifist Patriot
(24,654 posts)Kemp's in the lead by a nose today with this dumbfuckery.
leftieNanner
(15,187 posts)Who are always trying to outdo each other.
Pacifist Patriot
(24,654 posts)Trailrider1951
(3,415 posts)And his little dog, Dan Patrick.
dawg
(10,624 posts)He's the only one activley blocking local governments from doing anything to help their people. DeSantis is merely failing to do enough. Kemp is on the side of the virus.
I'd trade Kemp for DeSantis in a heartbeat. He's probably the worst governor in the country.
QED
(2,751 posts)FL, TX, GA, and AZ governors all have their heads so far up Dear Leader's butt they can't govern. Their priority should be the health and safety of their citizens but loyalty is more important to them.
Pacifist Patriot
(24,654 posts)sheshe2
(83,987 posts)beachbumbob
(9,263 posts)lostnfound
(16,194 posts)How on earth did it end up that major urban centers arent so powerful within each state that the state governments dare to elect such idiots?
California and New York OUGHT to be the most powerful part of the country.
Atlanta, Minneapolis, Detroit, Philadelphia, Houston, Indianapolis, Milwaukee OUGHT to be the power center for their respective states.
Instead they are often held captive to state government dominated by republicans. The state governments in some cases have prevented higher minimum wage laws or prohibited cities from taking actions necessary to make the city function better or be more healthy.
The republicans have a states rights daydream, democrats need a cities rights corollary. We need a strategy.
SharonClark
(10,014 posts)pandr32
(11,636 posts)spooky3
(34,510 posts)The First Amendment, but that doesnt mean he gets to violate it.
DFW
(54,465 posts)The governor of Georgia wants to forbid the mayor of Georgias capital city from speaking to the press?
Why? Because she speaks the truth? Because she speaks coherently? Because she speaks common sense?
Hmmm, I think I just answered my own question.
Back before the Berlin Wall fell, whenever we would visit socialist East Berlin, the police would seize all newspapers and magazines before letting a westerner in. Cant have any of them differing points of view infiltrating, can we? The Republicans are the closest thing to Stalinists we have, and yet they keep calling US kommanists.
robbob
(3,539 posts)DFW
(54,465 posts)Kemp is tired of hiring a translator all the time
lostnfound
(16,194 posts)(Replaced with link that does not require paywall.)
CottonBear
(21,597 posts)in addition to pushing through a non-partisan commission law for Athens-Clarke County.
Athens-Clarke County is a blue city and the regional hub for business, manufacturing, higher education and health care. Athens is surrounded by red counties, whose citizens use its services, but hate Democrats, black and brown people and progressive politics.
spanone
(135,915 posts)Luciferous
(6,086 posts)TNNurse
(6,931 posts)they think should run for the seat once occupied by John Lewis....Keisha Lance Bottoms was the only answer I got.
Well, maybe Stacey Abrams but they did not think she would want to run.
CottonBear
(21,597 posts)Laelth
(32,017 posts)Seeking a restraining order to SILENCE the Mayor of Atlantaa person who has a duty to speak for and report to her constituents?
Thats silly. I cant imagine any Court granting that. Besides, its really bad optics, for Kemp, not to mention just plain stupid.
-Laelth
packman
(16,296 posts)"Sugar, go Fuck yourself"
milestogo
(16,829 posts)Especially if they are black women.
bobbieinok
(12,858 posts)A white wants to silence a black!!! A man wants to silence a woman!!!
The goals are brazenly out in the open!!
niyad
(113,701 posts)Response to niyad (Reply #25)
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TheBlackAdder
(28,237 posts)jaxexpat
(6,865 posts)highplainsdem
(49,065 posts)dawg
(10,624 posts)I think Kemp is bending over backwards to do the things he *thinks* Trump would want him to do, just like when he opened the bowling alleys and tattoo parlors back in April.
Trump took that opportunity to actually throw him under the bus a little, and if our hospitals get overwhelmed (which is looking more and more likely) Kemp will be firmly placed under the wheels of the Greyhound.
I don't think Trump is actively directing Kemp. He doesn't have to.
Mike 03
(16,616 posts)Shocking, unbelievable.
Now people will want to hear what she says even more, because Kemp is trying to shut her up.
VA_Jill
(10,031 posts)No can do this. First and (I think) Fourth Amendment say so. Brian Kemp needs to STFU and actually go about the business of RUNNING Georgia instead of RUINING it.
cp
(6,673 posts)Republican playbook
Just like the Republic fuckwits in Wisconsin legislature
lame54
(35,339 posts)onetexan
(13,077 posts)gab13by13
(21,470 posts)BlueHurricane
(12 posts)Its important to note that Kemp has not sued other GA Mayors who have instituted stricter rules for COVID-19 than the state. Examples include Savannah who has a mask mandate along with Athens, GA. So why has he not sued those Mayors? I believe this is a political hit since Keisha Lance Bottoms is in the running for VP with the added benefit that it will scare other cities of doing the same.
Skya Rhen
(2,701 posts)panader0
(25,816 posts)bigtree
(86,013 posts)smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)Hmmm. Interesting. Wonder why?
In the running for VP and also an AA Woman? Typical of these republican bastards.
Welcome to DU, BlueHurricane!
duforsure
(11,885 posts)Kemp's desperate to hide the truth during a national health crisis killing people from trump and his complete incompetence . The truth exposes their failure with this virus , and putting us closer to a trump depression coming soon from it.
Tipperary
(6,930 posts)And he is afraid of her. Most bigots are filled with fear.
iluvtennis
(19,891 posts)trying to "put a black woman" in "her place" by saying you can only do and say what I allow you to do like slavery times. So, DISGUSTING.
Vinca
(50,322 posts)McCamy Taylor
(19,240 posts)Throwing your legal weight around only works when dealing with private citizens who do not have their own fleet of attorneys.
luvallpeeps
(935 posts)they turn around and go farther......or lower I should say. Who in the hell does he think he is? He's one of those people whose ignorance is written all over his face. That may sound bad, and like I'm judging a book by it's cover, but really look at him. See?
dawg
(10,624 posts)West Paces Ferry Road.
c-rational
(2,598 posts)prayer will get you nowhere here. Bugger off.
gademocrat7
(10,679 posts)The virus is raging here in Georgia and he wont mandate mask wearing. He doesnt care about anything except pleasing his IMPOTUS. Brine is no match for Mayor Lance Bottoms.
SiliconValley_Dem
(1,656 posts)who is actively working to kill your own citizens. FUCK THESE Right wing CLOWNS!!!!
ananda
(28,890 posts)!@#$%%#
QED
(2,751 posts)lettucebe
(2,337 posts)He's inept and criminally endangering the lives of the citizens of his state.
Edit to answer by own question: Yes he can! Here are the requirements in the State of Georgia: "Act of malfeasance or misconduct while in office; violation of oath of office; failure to perform duties prescribed by law; willfully misused, converted, or misappropriated, without authority, public property or public funds entrusted to or associated with the elective office to which the official has been elected or appointed. Discretionary performance of a lawful act or a prescribed duty shall not constitute a ground for recall of an elected public official. (Ga. Code §21-4-3(7) and 21-4-4(c))"
onecaliberal
(32,950 posts)The republicans literally need to be pulverized and the ashes scattered in the shit pile of history. Who the fuck does the governor think he is? They just want to pull it from their ass as they go.
bluewater
(5,376 posts)This is America?
The land of the free?
robbedvoter
(28,290 posts)🥴
nakocal
(558 posts)That is afraid of powerful black women.
struggle4progress
(118,379 posts)Maybe he had a stroke or is suffering from sudden-onset dementia? Perhaps he has overdosed on hydroxychloroquine.
Only a careful work-up by a competent professional can help here. Is there a history of insanity in his family?
ucrdem
(15,512 posts)and will win them all I have no doubt! Good luck to her!
still at the top of my VP wishlist.
budkin
(6,724 posts)Moron