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Democratic Georgia rep who endorsed Trump resigns after backlash: report
« on: April 22, 2020, 07:43:32 PM »
Democratic Georgia rep who endorsed Trump resigns after backlash: report
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/dem-georgia-rep-who-endorsed-trump-resigns-after-backlash-report

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Georgia Democratic state Rep. Vernon Jones announced Tuesday he is resigning from his seat after last week endorsing President Trump's reelection -- a move that quickly earned him backlash from Georgia Democrats.

According to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Jones told The Rashad Richey Morning Show, a talk show in Atlanta, that despite his resignation he would not be leaving the Democratic Party because "somebody's got to be in there to hold them accountable -- hold them accountable to how they are treating black people [and] root out the bigotry."

"Turn the lights off, I have left the plantation," Jones said in a separate statement officially announcing his resignation, according to the Journal-Constitution. "Someone else can occupy that suite. Therefore, I intend not to complete my term effective April 22, 2020."

When a Democrat endorses President Donald Trump. All hell breaks loose for the Dems.

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"I don't care what the Democrat Party does to me," Jones said in one tweet, apparently quoting himself on The Rashad Richey Morning Show. "What are they going to do? Spank me?"

He continued: "More African-Americans, prior to this pandemic, were working more than any other time in my lifetime."

In a final tweet, Jones said that "[t]he left hates me because they can't control me. They can stay mad."
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Re: Democratic Georgia rep who endorsed Trump resigns after backlash: report
« Reply #1 on: April 22, 2020, 07:51:06 PM »
Why resign?

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Re: Democratic Georgia rep who endorsed Trump resigns after backlash: report
« Reply #2 on: April 23, 2020, 07:03:20 AM »
Quote from: Texacon on April 22, 2020, 07:51:06 PM
Why resign?

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Exactly.   Stay on and keep fighting the good fight.
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Re: Democratic Georgia rep who endorsed Trump resigns after backlash: report
« Reply #3 on: April 23, 2020, 08:19:45 AM »
Quote from: Texacon on April 22, 2020, 07:51:06 PM
Why resign?

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He'd clearly become a pariah. Or maybe he was going to jump parties anyway. Or, more likely, he's sick of the lies, distortions, and backstabbing that's inherent to politics in general.

It takes a special kind of narcissist to aspire to political office and want to stay there.
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Re: Democratic Georgia rep who endorsed Trump resigns after backlash: report
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Re: Democratic Georgia rep who endorsed Trump resigns after backlash: report
« Reply #5 on: April 23, 2020, 08:32:21 PM »
Been reading today that he is NOT resigning.

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