Abrams campaigns at Baptist church in small Georgia town

Record ID: 1363142

  • Title: Abrams campaigns at Baptist church in small Georgia town
  • Date: 5th November 2018
  • Summary: METTER, GEORGIA, UNITED STATES (NOVEMBER 5, 2018) (REUTERS) ***WARNING CONTAINS FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY*** DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE FOR GOVERNOR STACEY ABRAMS ENTERS CHURCH (SOUNDBITE) (English) DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE FOR GOVERNOR STACEY ABRAMS SAYING: "And we got a few hours left to get it done. You guys know there are lots of stories in the Bible about those who were fighting for good really strong enemies against God. You got David and Goliath, you got Joshua. You got stories and all those stories talk about how when people rise up together, when the people fight together. Chance comes, success comes, deliverance comes, and if we want deliverance against an enemy who is the architect of voter depression in the south. If we want deliverance from someone who will lie rather than admit he made a mistake, if we want deliverance from someone who will lie to his friends and lie to his enemies then we have to vote our hearts out on Tuesday." ABRAMS (SOUNDBITE) (English) DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE FOR GOVERNOR STACEY ABRAMS SAYING: "We are Georgia, we are Georgia, we are Georgia, then let's get it done" EXTERIOR OF CHURCH
  • Embargoed: 19th November 2018 21:28
  • Keywords: governor campaigning Brian Kemp Stacey Abrams last ditch
  • Location: METTER, GOERGIA, UNITED STATES
  • City: METTER, GOERGIA, UNITED STATES
  • Country: USA
  • Topics: Government/Politics,Elections/Voting
  • Reuters ID: LVA001958D3RB
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: Democratic Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams referenced religious scripture and spoke of rising up "together" against an "enemy" at the Mount Pisgah Primitive Baptist Church in Metter, Georgia, on Monday (November 5) with the congressional and gubernatorial midterm elections just hours away.
    Bitter U.S. political campaigns thundered to a hectic, unpredictable finish on election eve on Monday, as candidates scoured the country for votes in dozens of crucial races that opinion polls showed were still razor-close.
    The contest between Georgia Secretary of State Brian Kemp and Democrat Stacey Abrams, who is vying to become the United States' first black female governor, has become a flashpoint for allegations of voter suppression.
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