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From the New York Times: Keisha Lance Bottoms, a former mayor of Atlanta, entered the race for governor of Georgia on Tuesday, becoming the highest-profile Democrat in an election that will test the durability of Georgia’s relatively new status as a swing state.
Ms. Bottoms has immediately set her sights on President Trump, who won Georgia in 2024 but has had a strained history with the state, including with Gov. Brian Kemp and some of the state’s other top Republicans. Ms. Bottoms said she was positioning herself as an antidote to the “chaos in Washington,” citing her time leading Atlanta during Mr. Trump’s first term as useful experience.
Bottoms, 55, a former prosecutor, was elected mayor of Atlanta in 2017, and served one term, from January 2018 until January 2022. In June 2022, Bottoms joined the Biden administration as senior advisor and director of the White House Office of Public Engagement. She didn’t even last a year in that role, leaving in February 2023.
If elected, Bottoms could become the first Black female governor in the nation. (Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears is also running for governor of Virginia.)
Bottoms announced her campaign for governor in a video released early Tuesday, and used it to attack President Trump, claiming he is a disaster for the country.
Posting the video, she wrote, “I was raised to stand up to bullies and to fight for what is right. We deserve better than what Donald Trump and Republicans are giving us. I’ll never be afraid to battle for the people of Georgia.”
I was raised to stand up to bullies and to fight for what is right. We deserve better than what Donald Trump and Republicans are giving us. I’ll never be afraid to battle for the people of Georgia. https://t.co/vxeIdkx4RH#keishaforgovernor pic.twitter.com/ltgZGSW1fB
— Keisha Lance Bottoms (@KeishaBottoms) May 20, 2025
Bottoms’ announcement is being met with ridicule and mockery from conservatives on social media. Below is just a sampling of the comments pouring in:
Keisha Crimewave Bottoms, whose tenure in office in Atlanta saw police quit as random shootings increased, now wants to spread the crimewave statewide with a gubernatorial bid.
— Erick Erickson (@EWErickson) May 20, 2025
So Keisha Lance Bottoms is running for Governor?
– The same Keisha who let the Weelaunee Forest get sold out for Cop City.
– Who lied to the folks in Peoplestown while their homes were being bulldozed.
– Who downplayed the fight for justice after police killed Rayshard Brooks.
-… https://t.co/SsXeGGt4zv— Rev. James “Major” Woodall, Sr. (@iMajorWish) May 20, 2025
No shade on ma’am but you couldn’t run the city of Atlanta.
— Stephon Morri (@StephonMorris1) May 20, 2025
Yall vote this type of black women in yall get everything yall deserve sincerely a black woman🙄👌🏾
— filly💚💯❤️ (@Fillyjawn86) May 20, 2025
You idiots just keep using the same talking points. No one is cutting anything. You don’t went fraud and waste cut because you’ll never get elected without it.
Prices have come down and economy is doing much better no thanks to whoever was running the country because it wasn’t…
— James 🇺🇸 (@James_9341) May 20, 2025
I already saw how you didn’t do crap for Atlanta when you were the mayor. Lets add failed gubernatorial candidate to your resume as well.
— Kita on the Border🏜️ (@kitadog716) May 20, 2025
You were a shit Mayor of Atlanta. Now you’re running to be a shit Governor of the state?
Girl you must be broke.
— The Radical Republican (@TheJBlackMamba) May 20, 2025
She wants to run the State now even though she was one of the worst Mayors that Atlanta ever had. We can’t let Georgia fall to the Dems. https://t.co/YmMauQLPUK
— PaPaw’s_Losing_It (@PaPawisLosingit) May 20, 2025
Former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms, who gained national prominence scrapping with President Trump before joining President Biden’s inner circle, entered the race for Georgia governor Tuesday with a vow to bring “battle-tested” leadership to the Capitol.
More ➡️… pic.twitter.com/qWkKzQWLsE
— Atlanta Journal-Constitution (@ajc) May 20, 2025
Keisha Lance Bottoms makes it official, announces candidacy for Georgia governor https://t.co/8zw3CsOSss
— WSB-TV (@wsbtv) May 20, 2025
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