By Judi McLeod —— Bio and Archives February 5, 2019
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“Why is this sexist and racist? Because Democrats have chosen Stacey Abrams, the failed candidate for the governorship of Georgia, to give their official response. "Stacey Abrams is a great choice to deliver the Democratic response," Sanders tweeted. "I'm very much looking forward to her speech." “But many on the left objected to his "upstaging" the African-American woman, despite the fact that he would be giving his response after hers, and that he had done so in the past as well. "We hope that @berniesanders understands that in many progressives' minds he has a woman problem and a POC problem, and by presenting his own response it will just confirm those issues," remarked the account for the progressive radio station WMNF. "This doesn't have to be about his 2020 plans. Let @staceyabrams be front and center."
“Liberal activist Leah McElrath accused Bernie of "erasure" of Abrams' voice. "Bernie Sanders should reconsider doing his own response tomorrow," responded liberal filmmaker Adam Best. "Stacey Abrams, the first black woman to ever give a State of the Union rebuttal, deserves the spotlight. She's more than capable of mopping the floor with Trump without any help." "Bernie Sanders feeling the need to come after Stacey Abrams tomorrow should disqualify him from ever being taken seriously again," tweeted Don Calloway. "What an arrogant gesture." “Former Hillary Clinton campaign aide Charlotte Clymer said of the move, "it is so damn disrespectful."Back to who will be on hand for President Trump’s SOTU speech: “Ana Maria Archila, the Queens woman who famously confronted Arizona Sen. Jeff Flake in a Capitol Hill elevator, will be Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s State of the Union guest on Tuesday. (The Intercept, Feb. 4, 2019)
“Archila, a longtime community organizer and co-executive director of the Center for Popular Democracy Action, was one of two women who shared their stories of sexual assault for the first time with the senator in an emotional encounter during the debate over Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to the Supreme Court. With a CNN camera broadcasting live right behind the women, Archila and Maria Gallagher blocked the doors of an elevator and pressed Flake to justify his support for Kavanaugh, who was accused of sexual assault as a teenager.
“Archila, a constituent of Ocasio-Cortez’s, will now return to the Capitol as an invited guest. “I just feel particularly moved that in her first participation in the State of the Union, she is inviting me to join and inviting that moment of the elevator, my confrontation with the men who do not understand the life of women and the lives of people who are not in power, that she’s inviting that into the imagination of people again,” Archila told The Intercept. “Members of Congress each bring a guest to the State of the Union address, and many choose to bring one who represents an issue or policy stance they prioritize. (The Intercept) “Occasio-Cortez dropped a hint about her guest on Saturday, posting a picture of an enamel pin that reads “Well Behaved Women Rarely Make History” that she had picked up at a local shop.
“The latest observation of our country's decline: Those who are adults and fight for the truth, will be spared much of the woe because what is happening to our country is our woe, but the young people and those fewer that are being allowed to be born, will live the sting, as it hasn’t yet reached its worst levels.”Meanwhile, all jesters and jokers have been called to the SOTU stage tonight, and when it’s all over, SOTU’s grotesque sideshow performances will be the fault of the man the prog/left so love to hate, President Donald Trump.
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Judi McLeod is an award-winning journalist with 30 years’ experience in the print media. A former Toronto Sun columnist, she also worked for the Kingston Whig Standard. Her work has appeared on Rush Limbaugh, Newsmax.com, Drudge Report, Foxnews.com.