Hollywood’s liberal elite are calling for a boycott of Georgia because their preferred candidate, Democrat Stacey Abrams lost her race for governor.
According to Town Hall:
Democratic candidate Stacey Abrams lost the Georgia governor’s race to Republican Brian Kemp, and now, in typical Hollywood fashion, many celebs are calling for a boycott of the entire state.
Alyssa Milano, Ron Perlman, Brad Whitford, and Steven Pasquale are among those who agree with Abrams’s accusation that the election was somehow illegitimate.
There are over 20 productions shooting in Georgia.
Is the entertainment industry willing to support the economy of a totally corrupt state that suppresses democracy; where the winner isn’t the best choice for the people but the best schemer or crook?
— Alyssa Milano (@Alyssa_Milano) November 17, 2018
To all my friends who are studio and network executives, if you choose to shoot movies and tv in Georgia, don’t bother to call me. https://t.co/gtIKNJBhNF
— Ron Perlman (@perlmutations) November 17, 2018
Brian Kemp is a corrupt, homophobic, unapologetic disenfranchiser of African American voters. If he seizes power, Hollywood needs to use it’s leverage and pull out of Georgia. Studios need to put their money where their mouth is and stand up to hate. #boycottgeorgia
— Bradley Whitford (@WhitfordBradley) November 8, 2018
In admitting defeat, Abrams said she was not giving a “concession” speech because that would’ve acknowledged “an action is right, true, or proper.”
Abrams later said in an interview with CNN’s Jake Tapper that there was deliberate interference in the election and refused to acknowledge Kemp as the legitimate governor elect.
Jake Tapper: “Do you think there was deliberate interference in the election?”
Stacey Abrams says without evidence: “Yes … There was a deliberate and intentional disinvestment and I think destruction of the admin of elections in the state of Georgia.” pic.twitter.com/82Ei36LYRm
— Ryan Saavedra (@RealSaavedra) November 18, 2018
Abrams has responded to the calls for boycott urging the celebrities to rethink their position of boycott citing the economic damage it would do to the citizens of the state who work in the industry.
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