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John,
From Tommie Smith and Muhammad Ali to Kareem
Abdul-Jabaar and Colin Kaepernick, athletes over the course of
American history have used their platforms to advocate for social
change and racial justice.
Just this week, Major League Soccer league began their
season with a powerful display in support of BLM with the
Philadelphia Union wearing jerseys with the names of Black people
killed by police. Even across the pond, soccer teams in the
English Premier League have been playing for nearly a month with
the phrase “Black Lives Matter” adorned on the backs of their
jerseys.
Yet in the WNBA, a league made up of nearly 70% black
women, efforts to honor and participate in the BLM movement have
been stifled due in part to Georgia’s own senator, Kelly
Loeffler.
Senator Loeffler is a co-owner of the Atlanta Dream
basketball team, and adamantly opposes the Black Lives Matter
movement, stating that it is “totally misaligned with the values
and goals of the WNBA and the Atlanta Dream, where we support
tolerance and inclusion.”
In response, former Dream star Angel McCoughtry said it
best: “Her focus is wrong right now. It’s not like we’re out here
advocating hate. Who wants to stop something that’s right?”
Senator Loeffler has it all wrong. Her message to
suppress the voices of women in the WNBA is outrageous, and she
has no business being a part of a league with such a strong
history of activism.
Senator Loeffler is standing on the wrong side of
history. So I’d like to highlight a candidate with the courage
and conviction to stand with the women of the WNBA in support of
the Black Lives Matter movement -- my friend Rev. Ralph Warnock
-- who’s running to replace Loeffler in the Senate seat that was
gifted to her by Governor Kemp.
Kelly Loeffler isn’t just unfit to be a WNBA owner, she
doesn’t belong in our Senate either. Will you split a
contribution between Hank and her opponent Ralph Warnock to send
Kelly packing from Washington?
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SEND KELLY LOEFFLER HOME
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Thanks for using your voice to advocate for change,
-- Hank
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Congressman Hank Johnson is a former defense
attorney, DeKalb County commissioner, small business owner, and
magistrate judge who now serves in Congress as a champion for the
middle class.
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