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Heh. The rats are jumping the Biden ship. This is a total embarrassment. Scheduling?
President Joe Biden told a reporter on Tuesday he was 'insulted' by a question asking why Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams isn't going to his Atlanta voting rights speech and insisted it was a scheduling mix up and not a snub.
Biden left the White House for the high profile event amid growing frustration from some activists that his administration has not done more to boost voting access by overcoming a GOP blockade in the Senate and head off Republican efforts in the states.
Asked if he was insulted by the absence of Abrams – which Biden described as a scheduling conflict – he responded: 'I’m insulted that you asked the question,' before flashing a quick grin.
He explained: 'I spoke to Stacey this morning. We have a great relationship. We got our scheduling mixed up. I talked to her at length this morning. We're all on the same page, and everything's fine.'
Abrams' campaign said on Monday she would not be at the president's event because of 'conflict' but didn't detail what the conflict was. Several local civil rights activists are boycotting the president's speech because of what they call a lack of action on the part of the administration.
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'I'm insulted that you asked': Biden hits back at reporter who asked him why Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams isn't going to his voting rights speech in Atlanta and insists it was a scheduling mix-up not a snub
President Joe Biden told a reporter on Tuesday he was 'insulted' by a question asking why Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams isn't going to his Atlanta voting rights speech and insisted it was a scheduling mix up and not a snub.
Biden left the White House for the high profile event amid growing frustration from some activists that his administration has not done more to boost voting access by overcoming a GOP blockade in the Senate and head off Republican efforts in the states.
Asked if he was insulted by the absence of Abrams – which Biden described as a scheduling conflict – he responded: 'I’m insulted that you asked the question,' before flashing a quick grin.
He explained: 'I spoke to Stacey this morning. We have a great relationship. We got our scheduling mixed up. I talked to her at length this morning. We're all on the same page, and everything's fine.'
Abrams' campaign said on Monday she would not be at the president's event because of 'conflict' but didn't detail what the conflict was. Several local civil rights activists are boycotting the president's speech because of what they call a lack of action on the part of the administration.
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Biden heads to Atlanta to push changes to the Senate filibuster
President Joe Biden will push the Senate to eliminate the filibuster in order to pass voting rights legislation in a speech in Atlanta on Tuesday that some activists will boycott.
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