Ga. governor sues to "restrain" Mayor Keisha Bottoms from press statements & speaking to press

[bigtree]

Keisha Lance Bottoms @KeishaBottoms (Mayor of Atlanta)
In addition to being sued over a mask mandate and voluntary advisory guidelines on COVID-19, @GovKemp has asked for an emergency injunction to “restrain” me from issuing press statements and speaking to the press. Far more have sacrificed too much more for me to be silent.

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[hlthe2b]

1. He REALLY is a moron. Who the hell is advising him?

[Andy823]

11. I have a guess

trump!

Seems like all the idiot governors who do things like this are from red states, and all of them take their marching orders from the same moron, trump!

[Liberal In Texas]

40. Deadbeat Donnie's business model is tying everything up in lawsuits, either by

suing somebody or making them file a lawsuit against him when he doesn't pay them what he owes.

But I suspect Barr is fully complacent.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

19. Not wearing a mask is a liberty but free speech is not, according to Kemp! . . . nt

[Kid Berwyn]

30. Hypocriectomy

Leaves sufferers with no sense of irony or shame.

[Trueblue Texan]

41. Must be Trump.

Can't think of anyone else that stupid.

[ck4829]

2. Are you sure you wanna do that to a potential Biden running mate? Talk about instant recognition

I'll just be quiet now.

[dem4decades]

3. Well if Kemp is "praying" for it that should be enough legal basis to grant it. Where the fuck do

we live?

[TheBlackAdder]

28. GovKemp is telling her that she doesn't know her place or places in his world view.

[2naSalit]

34. Exactly. ...nt

[Pacifist Patriot]

4. I find myself waffling daily over whether DeathSantis or Kemp is the worse of the pair.

Kemp's in the lead by a nose today with this dumbfuckery.

[leftieNanner]

5. I'm going for the Dumbfuck Twins

Who are always trying to outdo each other.

[Pacifist Patriot]

8. Sadly it just means mutually assured destruction for the innocent people in both states.

[Trailrider1951]

26. Don't forget about Greg Abbott (Texas)

And his little dog, Dan Patrick.

[dawg]

48. Kemp is easily the worse.

He's the only one activley blocking local governments from doing anything to help their people. DeSantis is merely failing to do enough. Kemp is on the side of the virus.

I'd trade Kemp for DeSantis in a heartbeat. He's probably the worst governor in the country.

[QED]

59. Quads

FL, TX, GA, and AZ governors all have their heads so far up Dear Leader's butt they can't govern. Their priority should be the health and safety of their citizens but loyalty is more important to them.

[Pacifist Patriot]

64. Yep. This.

[sheshe2]

6. Sing it sister!

[beachbumbob]

7. like what the fuck? We still have free speech and the mayor doesn't work for the governor, fuck him

[lostnfound]

9. Cities need to stop being nice to the rural cesspools that think they run the show

How on earth did it end up that major urban centers aren’t so powerful within each state that the state governments dare to elect such idiots?

California and New York OUGHT to be the most powerful part of the country.
Atlanta, Minneapolis, Detroit, Philadelphia, Houston, Indianapolis, Milwaukee OUGHT to be the power center for their respective states.
Instead they are often held captive to state government dominated by republicans. The state governments in some cases have prevented higher minimum wage laws or prohibited cities from taking actions necessary to make the city function better or be more healthy.

The republicans have a “states rights” daydream, democrats need a “cities rights” corollary. We need a strategy.

[Mr. Ected]

15. +1

[SharonClark]

17. K&R

[pandr32]

55. Agreed 100%

[spooky3]

10. Fight on, Mayor! This idiot obviously doesn't like

The First Amendment, but that doesn’t mean he gets to violate it.

[DFW]

12. Seriously?

The governor of Georgia wants to forbid the mayor of Georgia’s capital city from speaking to the press?

Why? Because she speaks the truth? Because she speaks coherently? Because she speaks common sense?

Hmmm, I think I just answered my own question.

Back before the Berlin Wall fell, whenever we would visit socialist East Berlin, the police would seize all newspapers and magazines before letting a westerner in. Can’t have any of them differing points of view infiltrating, can we? The Republicans are the closest thing to Stalinists we have, and yet they keep calling US “kommanists.”

[robbob]

24. Because she speaks in complete sentences?

[DFW]

29. Maybe that's it, and it's all just a cost cutting measure

Kemp is tired of hiring a translator all the time

[lostnfound]

13. State pre-Emption laws to overturn local progressive governments - a trend and conservative strategy

https://defendlocal.com/resource/the-rise-of-state-preemption-laws-in-response-to-local-policy-innovation/

(Replaced with link that does not require paywall.)

[CottonBear]

66. GA GOP gerrymandered Athens, GA into multiple state & congressional districts,

in addition to pushing through a non-partisan commission law for Athens-Clarke County.

Athens-Clarke County is a blue city and the regional hub for business, manufacturing, higher education and health care. Athens is surrounded by red counties, whose citizens use its services, but hate Democrats, black and brown people and progressive politics.

[spanone]

14. Go Keisha!!!!!

[Luciferous]

16. He "respectfully prays" to the court?!

[TNNurse]

18. I asked a few people back in GA about who

they think should run for the seat once occupied by John Lewis....Keisha Lance Bottoms was the only answer I got.

Well, maybe Stacey Abrams but they did not think she would want to run.

[CottonBear]

68. I hope that Congressional Lewis had someone in mind to run for his seat. N/T

[Laelth]

20. Not cool.

Seeking a restraining order to SILENCE the Mayor of Atlanta—a person who has a duty to speak for and report to her constituents?

That’s silly. I can’t imagine any Court granting that. Besides, it’s really bad optics, for Kemp, not to mention just plain stupid.



-Laelth

[packman]

21. Tell him very politely and in the most graceful, Southern way

"Sugar, go Fuck yourself"

[milestogo]

22. Weak men can't stand strong women.

Especially if they are black women.

[bobbieinok]

23. She MUST NOT 'shut up and be silent' She is so right! Many have died for her to be mayor, to speak!

A white wants to silence a black!!! A man wants to silence a woman!!!

The goals are brazenly out in the open!!

[niyad]

25. Bless his heart.

[TheBlackAdder]

27. GovKemp is going jackboot!

[jaxexpat]

65. Well, it is the latest trend in fashion.

[highplainsdem]

31. Safe bet that Trump is behind this authoritarian move by Kemp. Damn both of them.

[dawg]

49. He is behind it, but probably not how you think.

I think Kemp is bending over backwards to do the things he *thinks* Trump would want him to do, just like when he opened the bowling alleys and tattoo parlors back in April.

Trump took that opportunity to actually throw him under the bus a little, and if our hospitals get overwhelmed (which is looking more and more likely) Kemp will be firmly placed under the wheels of the Greyhound.

I don't think Trump is actively directing Kemp. He doesn't have to.

[Mike 03]

32. Kicking

Shocking, unbelievable.

Now people will want to hear what she says even more, because Kemp is trying to shut her up.

[VA_Jill]

33. Nope

No can do this. First and (I think) Fourth Amendment say so. Brian Kemp needs to STFU and actually go about the business of RUNNING Georgia instead of RUINING it.

[cp]

35. He can't be bothered to help his people, instead sues someone who is helping mightily

Republican playbook
Just like the Republic fuckwits in Wisconsin legislature

[lame54]

36. Yet, she persisted

[onetexan]

45. Yup, my kinda gal. She's tough as nails. Kemp doesn't know her true essence apparently.

[gab13by13]

37. This has to be a joke or The Onion.

[BlueHurricane]

38. Kemp has not sued other GA Mayors

It’s important to note that Kemp has not sued other GA Mayors who have instituted stricter rules for COVID-19 than the state. Examples include Savannah who has a mask mandate along with Athens, GA. So why has he not sued those Mayors? I believe this is a political hit since Keisha Lance Bottoms is in the running for VP with the added benefit that it will scare other cities of doing the same.

[Skya Rhen]

57. +1000

[panader0]

63. Welcome to DU!

[bigtree]

67. correct

...like Athens, for instance.

Link to tweet

[smirkymonkey]

75. +1000

Hmmm. Interesting. Wonder why?

In the running for VP and also an AA Woman? Typical of these republican bastards.

Welcome to DU, BlueHurricane!

[duforsure]

39. Just like trump

Kemp's desperate to hide the truth during a national health crisis killing people from trump and his complete incompetence . The truth exposes their failure with this virus , and putting us closer to a trump depression coming soon from it.

[Tipperary]

42. He is a bigot.

And he is afraid of her. Most bigots are filled with fear.

[iluvtennis]

44. Keep speaking truth to power Mayor Bottoms - it's your 1st Amendment right to free speech. Kemp is

trying to "put a black woman" in "her place" by saying you can only do and say what I allow you to do like slavery times. So, DISGUSTING.

[Vinca]

46. That will be a fun court case to watch.

[McCamy Taylor]

47. Dumb move. Atlanta has attorneys too.

Throwing your legal weight around only works when dealing with private citizens who do not have their own fleet of attorneys.

[luvallpeeps]

50. Just when you think they've really gone too far,

they turn around and go farther......or lower I should say. Who in the hell does he think he is? He's one of those people whose ignorance is written all over his face. That may sound bad, and like I'm judging a book by it's cover, but really look at him. See?

[dawg]

51. It's time for the City to do some long overdue utiltiy line maintenance along ...

West Paces Ferry Road.

[c-rational]

52. Notice how the POS Kemp had to include the phrase "prays to this court" - will i say a wish and

prayer will get you nowhere here. Bugger off.

[gademocrat7]

53. "Brine"KKKemp is dumber than a box of rocks.

The virus is raging here in Georgia and he won’t mandate mask wearing. He doesn’t care about anything except pleasing his IMPOTUS. “Brine” is no match for Mayor Lance Bottoms.

[SiliconValley_Dem]

54. good luck with that you goddamn cheating racist vile piece of shit

who is actively working to kill your own citizens. FUCK THESE Right wing CLOWNS!!!!

[ananda]

56. Constitution.. freedom of speech, anyone?

!@#$%%#

[QED]

61. To him, 2nd A 1st A.

[lettucebe]

58. Can the Gov be recalled or is there any way to get him the hell outta there?

He's inept and criminally endangering the lives of the citizens of his state.

Edit to answer by own question: Yes he can! Here are the requirements in the State of Georgia: "Act of malfeasance or misconduct while in office; violation of oath of office; failure to perform duties prescribed by law; willfully misused, converted, or misappropriated, without authority, public property or public funds entrusted to or associated with the elective office to which the official has been elected or appointed. Discretionary performance of a lawful act or a prescribed duty shall not constitute a ground for recall of an elected public official. (Ga. Code §21-4-3(7) and 21-4-4(c))"

[onecaliberal]

60. Free speech for me, but not for thee.

The republicans literally need to be pulverized and the ashes scattered in the shit pile of history. Who the fuck does the governor think he is? They just want to pull it from their ass as they go.

[bluewater]

62. Gov. Kemp shows us his fascist heart.

This is America?

The land of the free?

[robbedvoter]

69. NDA - sounds familiar.

🥴

[nakocal]

70. Sounds like Governor Kemp is a fucking racist

That is afraid of powerful black women.

[struggle4progress]

71. Uh, oh! It sounds like the Governor is experiencing cognitive problems. He should see a doctor

Maybe he had a stroke or is suffering from sudden-onset dementia? Perhaps he has overdosed on hydroxychloroquine.

Only a careful work-up by a competent professional can help here. Is there a history of insanity in his family?

[ucrdem]

72. She is fighting several battles

and will win them all I have no doubt! Good luck to her!

[BGBD]

73. She's

still at the top of my VP wishlist.

[budkin]

74. Yeah good luck with that

Moron