Without fail, every single election cycle brings with it an extra few heaping spoonfuls of guilt-tripping from Democrats about how minority voting blocs like black people, Hispanic people, women, and the LGBTQ community "must" fall in line because the future of America is supposedly at stake.
I remember both times when Hillary Clinton ran for president, and how there were articles and talking head segments galore where it was outright said or strongly implied that any woman who refused to support Clinton was betraying the sisterhood or something. Yet when conservative women supported candidates like former vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin (2008), we were still accused of "betrayal" because we were picking the "wrong" woman (aka, one who didn't support abortion on demand).
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Black voters get this type of odious shaming, too, something we saw most recently from Georgia Democrat gubernatorial nominee Keisha Lance Bottoms, who also happens to be the former mayor of Atlanta, the largest city in the Peach State.
In mid-July, GOP gubernatorial nominee Rick Jackson dined at a popular, minority-owned restaurant in Atlanta called Toast on Lenox. He posted a photo to social media of himself and co-owner Tamara Young that was taken in front of the restaurant. The post has since been deleted for reasons I'll get to in a minute, but here's how the message attached to the post read:
"As Governor, I'll fight for all Georgians, including Tamara, whose story as a successful owner of @toastonlenox is not only inspiring to me, but to anyone looking to create opportunity in our state," Jackson wrote in his Instagram post where he shared the photo of himself and Young. "Grateful for the time, conversation, and amazing food!"
You'd think that would be harmless, but not to the Very Online Woke Mob, who proceeded to start a cancel campaign against the restaurant over the fact that they had committed the apparent crime of breaking bread with a Republican. The restaurant also posted a message clarifying that they had not endorsed Jackson's gubernatorial campaign.
Adding fuel to the fire was none other than Keisha Lance Bottoms, who shared a statement and video to Instagram insinuating that any minority-owned business whose owners took photos with Jackson (or any other Republican, for that matter) should know better.
Here's what she said in the video:
Rather than push back against the boycott efforts, Bottoms appeared to amplify the backlash, acknowledging the “online chatter” surrounding Jackson’s visit to “minority-owned businesses” and a “black-owned business owned by a woman.”
Although she did not directly name the restaurant, Bottoms warned that anyone who welcomes Jackson “has made a calculated decision based on the benefits and the risks of doing that.”
Watch:
The hilarious thing about all of this is that the former mayor has opened a can of worms on the subject of minority-owned businesses that can't close, something Jackson's campaign was quick to point out:
Keisha was glad MLB pulled the All-Star Game from Atlanta:
— Team Jackson (@TeamJacksonHQ) July 20, 2026
“‘Just as elections have consequences, so do the actions of those who are elected. Unfortunately, the removal of the MLB All Star game from GA is likely the 1st of many dominoes to fall, until the unnecessary barriers…
Here was the full post:
Just as elections have consequences, so do the actions of those who are elected. Unfortunately, the removal of the @MLB All Star game from GA is likely the 1st of many dominoes to fall, until the unnecessary barriers put in place to restrict access to the ballot box are removed.
— Keisha Lance Bottoms (@KeishaBottoms) April 2, 2021
As RedState noted at the time, the projected loss in revenue for Georgia business owners as the result of the Democrat-promoted boycott, which included Major League Baseball pulling the All-Star game in 2021 at a time blue cities and states were still hurting from the COVID lockdowns, was pretty staggering:
Atlanta, Georgia, is 51% black and 40.9% white, U.S. Census data from 2019 showed. Denver was 80.9% white and 9.8% black in 2019, according to U.S. Census data. ESPN reported Monday that the All-Star Game would take place at Coors Field.
Numerous sources reported that the MLB’s decision to move the 2021 All-Star game could cost black-owned businesses. Nearly 30% of businesses in Atlanta are black-owned, and Georgia will face an estimated lost economic impact of more than $100 million due to the MLB’s boycott of Atlanta, according to the president and CEO of Cobb Travel and Tourism Holly Quinlan.
While Keisha Lance Bottoms cosplays as a supporter of minority communities, Jackson has demonstrated it with a successful business (Jackson Healthcare staffing company) that has employed thousands, including black people, Hispanic people, women, etc. In other words, unlike Ms. Bottoms, Rick Jackson's support of minorities is not just talk.
Good on the Jackson campaign for informing Georgia voters that this is a big, embarrassing self-own on Keisha Lance Bottoms' part. She's already tried to demagogue the heck out of Jackson, but these pesky facts don't care about her feelings.
Editor’s Note: The 2026 Midterms will determine the fate of President Trump’s America First agenda. Republicans must maintain control of both chambers of Congress.
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