GA-SEN: Loeffler criticizes Atlanta Dream players for walk-off protests

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When Republican Kelly Loeffler was tapped for an open U.S. Senate seat, her stake in Atlanta’s WNBA franchise was promoted as a sign of her deep ties to the community. It’s also become a growing political headache.

Her most formidable GOP adversary, U.S. Rep. Doug Collins, has assailed her over her appearance with Democrat Stacey Abrams at midcourt of an Atlanta Dream game. And he’s blasted the league’s connection with an abortion rights group.

Loeffler has tried to use the platform to her political advantage, penning an open letter to the league commissioner denouncing the Black Lives Matter movement — a move that brought a surge of attention that her allies credit with sparking a recent rise in the polls.

The demonstrations over the police shooting of Jacob Blake this week in Wisconsin present a different challenge for Loeffler, who faces Collins and 19 other challengers in a November special election. With no party primary to filter out nominees, the race is sure to end in a January runoff.



https://www.ajc.com/politics/politics-blog/loeffler-criticizes-atlanta-dream-players-for-walk-off-protests/3DIVCTZUWBCZRC6HBRJOD3UGQQ/

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1. She has been intensely playing to the rural and outer White suburban voters.

She has a problem, she knows that if Doug Collins (or whatever is his name) clean up on that vote, she doesn’t make the top 2 and get to a runoff.