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While listening to Democrat gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams speak in the Georgia Governors debate, I almost choked on my sweet tea when she listed gang crime first when questioned about our greatest challenges. Why was I shocked? Because, while serving together in the legislature, she voted against the Gang Crime Bill, HB 874. This bill was directed at attacking the scourge of gang crime.
According to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, gangs are responsible for the majority of violent crimes in our communities. Abrams’ NO vote was not a surprise. She opposes most bills tough on crime. She supports eliminating cash bail and supported the “defund the police” rhetoric when it became the rallying cry of the rioters in the streets in 2020.
As frustrating as Abrams’ hypocrisy is, it is not new. She generally has a problem with the truth. Her recent ads attacking Gov. Brian Kemp and suggesting that women may somehow be prosecuted for miscarriages is abhorrent and blatantly false.
If you want the truth, straight from the bill itself, here it is: The Heartbeat Bill protects healthy babies once a heartbeat is detected. However, it has clear exceptions for miscarriages (line 93), ectopic pregnancies (line 94), medical futility (lines 104 to 106) and rape and incest (line 122). Meanwhile, Abrams supports no limits to abortion. She supports late term abortion, and that position is out of touch with the overwhelming majority of Georgians.
State Rep. Petrea, R-Savannah, represents House District 166 which includes the eastern parts of Bryan and Chatham counties.
