Abrams being held to unfairly high standard
I am writing in response to your recent article on State Rep. Stacey Abrams,’ D-Atlanta, consulting with the Michelle Nunn Senate campaign. I, too, wear “many hats,” as was written disparagingly of Abrams’ multiple projects to strengthen our progressive infrastructure. Most women in politics do, just to be considered half as qualified as our male counterparts.
Why does a story about one mistake by Abrams – with no evidence of broader wrongdoing and followed by her immediate corrective action – merit a lengthy article about her overall effectiveness and motivations? When the AJC did a similar story about Majority Leader Jon Burns, there was no mention of him overstepping his capacity.
I’m sure Abrams will continue to do the often-unglamorous work of fighting for voiceless Georgians, as will I. The reality is that she would not be the highest-ranking black woman in Georgia politics if she took on any less.
NIKEMA WILLIAMS, VICE CHAIR, DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF GEORGIA
Trump supporters are angry, but not Nazis
The popular conclusions are that I am an angry old white man; I am a racist; I wear a brown shirt like the Nazis did; I support the actions of Hitler; I am undereducated; I possess low information and I am not engaged.
Those conclusions are reached because I voted for Donald Trump. Perhaps the only one of those conclusions that has any merit is that I am 75 years old and I am unhappy with the way our country is being run. I am angry. I deplore the actions of the Nazis and Hitler, so I resent the uncalled-for characterization by those that say the supporters of Trump are like the Nazis.
I am college educated with graduate studies and I had a successful career.
My candidate is leading an electoral revolution that is necessary for this country to change and reclaim the values on which my country used to thrive. It is time for other Republicans to unite and become part of the revolution.
BOBBY ANDERSON, SUWANEE
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