The husband of the GOP candidate running for Congress in Georgia’s 6th Congressional District tweeted a meme urging voters to “Free The Black Slaves From The Democratic Plantation.”
A spokesperson for Karen Handel’s campaign told CNN that Steve Handel’s reposting of the message with his own commentary was a “mistake,” and that Steve Handel had “retweeted something he didn’t pay a lot of attention to, thinking it was just an absentee vote message. It clearly was not appropriate and has been deleted.”
CNN posted screen captures of both Steve Handel’s retweet, and the original post:
Handel is currently in a run-off election with Democrat Jon Ossoff to determine who will fill Secretary Health and Human Services Tom Price’s vacant seat in Congress.
Those two, birds of a feather. I tell ya.
A spokesperson for Karen Handel’s campaign told CNN that Steve Handel’s reposting of the message with his own commentary was a “mistake,” and that Steve Handel had “retweeted something he didn’t pay a lot of attention to, thinking it was just an absentee vote message…
Well, this excuse is right up there with “the dog was just hitting buttons on husband’s phone, and he retweeted something.” Give us a break. He retweeted something “he did not pay a lot of attention to?” OK. We get he is an idiot and racist, but now Handel’s a liar too.
Normally, I would say this should seal an easy win for Ossoff, but after Trump the new rule is never underestimate the stupidity of voters, especially when from a red state.
If only there was a National Committee of Democrats group that could optimally weaponize this stupidity to help Mr. Ossoff in the upcoming election.
Maybe we can start a GoFundMe to get something set up?
We could call it the DNC!
"…that Steve Handel had “retweeted something he didn’t pay a lot of attention to, thinking it was just an absentee vote message. It clearly was not appropriate and has been deleted.”
“Old times there are not forgotten”