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CatWoman

(80,260 posts)
Sun Jan 3, 2021, 03:14 PM Jan 2021

There is at least one federal judge who Donald Trump did not appoint.

Republicans Are Raging Mad That Stacey Abrams’ Sister Is The Judge Who Stopped Voter Purge In Georgia

There is at least one federal judge who Donald Trump did not appoint.

And not only is she a Black woman but she also just happens to be the sister of Stacey Abrams, the all-star Democratic champion of the people’s right to vote who basically secured Georgia’s electoral college votes that ensured Trump’s election loss to Joe Biden.

So when U.S. District Judge Leslie Abrams Gardner ruled on Monday that two Georgia counties must undo their purging of thousands of voters from the election rolls, the Republicans who worked so hard to remove those names got very mad at what they called a conflict of interest. Adding insult to the injuries sustained to Republicans’ egos, Judge Abrams Gardner’s order came one week ahead of Georgia’s pivotal Senate runoff elections that will determine whether Democrats control both chambers of Congress.

The ruling allows more than 4,000 voters to keep their eligibility to participate in the election on Tuesday in two separate contests in which Democrats are trying to unseat Republican incumbents. Judge Abrams Gardner’s order followed a different judge denying a lawsuit asking for nearly 200,000 voters to be restored to the voter rolls.

The fact that the person who ordered that purge reversal is Stacey Abrams’ sister really stuck in Republicans’ collective craw, as shown by a series of Twitter temper tantrums.

Georgia Rep. Doug Collins tweeted that it was “a conflict of interest” for the “ruling on a case in which her own sister is a party!”

https://newsone.com/4069823/republicans-stacey-abrams-sister-judge-georgia-voter-purge/?fbclid=IwAR1kjzQxpw-PykTpPfQZrC3Xl98_2O0d3Zs45LGHLI1IZvr5INyMj_K304w

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There is at least one federal judge who Donald Trump did not appoint. (Original Post) CatWoman Jan 2021 OP
Yes sir re, Wellstone ruled Jan 2021 #1
She probably should have recused herself just to avoid the appearance . MichMan Jan 2021 #2
It's good to read this report, but the recent flood of lawsuits has shown that tRUMP-appointed abqtommy Jan 2021 #3

MichMan

(16,725 posts)
2. She probably should have recused herself just to avoid the appearance .
Sun Jan 3, 2021, 04:02 PM
Jan 2021

Plenty of other judges that would have ruled the same way of she had.

abqtommy

(14,118 posts)
3. It's good to read this report, but the recent flood of lawsuits has shown that tRUMP-appointed
Sun Jan 3, 2021, 05:22 PM
Jan 2021

judges overwhelmingly support the Constitution, not tRUMP. Taken all together it's a real win-win!

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