Stacey Abrams and Andrew Gillum are going to be elected on November 6. Yall underestimate the brute effort being put in by immigrant interest groups, pro-choice groups like NARAL, Moms Demand Action, and black grassroots mobilization. Getting these two people elected is do-or-die for many people on the ground here. Can't wait to wake up to the news of two black governors being elected in the Deep South on the same night!
There's an understandable sense of pride that comes with getting blacks elected in the south but as a lifelong southerner who was thankfully never exposed to true racism it's a different thing. Wanna know what's gonna turn my world upside-down?
Stacey Abrams (D) Governor of Georgia
Bill Nelson (D) Senator of Florida
Andrew Gillum (D) Governor of Florida
Robert O'Rourke (D) Senator of Texas
Doug Jones (D) Senator of Alabama -Even though he is not running right now
Joe Manchin (D) Senator of West Virginia
If you told me in 2016 that in August 2018 this actually had a very small but measurable prayer of happening in 2018 I'd have told you that you were crazy because there would be no way that the south ever saw that much Democratic representation in a region dominated by Republicans. In my eyes 2 of them just happen to be black. That's not to say all of this going to happen. The chances are probably less than 10% we see this lineup. If it does, then sh**t..... maybe the word isn't "blue wave" but rather "the tides of change"
Domination by one political party for too long of a state or region is perhaps the biggest enemy that state or region can have. I pray that the likes of Jones, Abrams and Gillum can be the kind of change the tri-state region of Alabama, Georgia and Florida need.