In a tweet Saturday evening, she wrote, "I appreciate the calls to action, but I ask all of our entertainment industry friends to support #FairFightGA - but please do not #boycottgeorgia. The hard-working Georgians who serve on crews & make a living here are not to blame. I promise: We will fight - and we will win."
I appreciate the calls to action, but I ask all of our entertainment industry friends to support #FairFightGA - but please do not #boycottgeorgia. The hard-working Georgians who serve on crews & make a living here are not to blame. I promise: We will fight - and we will win.
— Stacey Abrams (@staceyabrams) November 18, 2018
She has heavily criticized several of Kemp’s actions as Secretary of State, which she called “voter suppression” tactics, such as regular purging of voter rolls, closing voter precinct sites and rejecting absentee ballots for minor issues such as possible signature mismatches. She lost the race by about 1.5 percentage points, or 55,000 votes out of 3.9 million.
Credit: Jessica McGowan
Credit: Jessica McGowan
Kemp has stated his support of the generous state production tax credits that have brought hundreds of Hollywood productions into Georgia over the past decade and generated billions of dollars in direct spending. The state is the most generous in the country in terms of direct tax credit payouts, in part because there is no cap.
Some entertainers who have used or supported #BoycottGeorgia on Twitter have been actress Alyssa Milano, "West Wing" actor Bradley Whitford, actor Steven Pasquale and actor Ron Perlman.
Writer Jacob York, who works in Atlanta for Adult Swim, responded on Twitter.
"When you say #boycottgeorgia you boycott me paying rent," he wrote. "You boycott raising kids, paying for braces and trying to make a living. All the artists I know in Georgia are mad as hell. But you saying 'boycott Georgia' primarily hurts people who already agree with you."
When you say #boycottgeorgia, you boycott me paying rent. You boycott raising kids, paying for braces, and trying to make a living.
— Jacob York asks you to please wear a mask (@jkobbster) November 18, 2018
All the artists I know in Georgia are mad as hell.
But you saying “boycott Georgia” primarily hurts people who already agree with you.
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