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Biden lands 2020 endorsement
from Atlanta Mayor Bottoms
BY ERRIN HAINES WHACK
Associated Press
The mayor of Atlanta is endorsing
Democrat Joe Biden for president in
2020, providing crucial support from
a high-profile black female political
leader.
Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bot
toms spoke to The Associated Press
ahead of her scheduled Friday
announcement. Bottoms says her
decision came down to Biden’s expe
rience and her belief the former
vice president is the candidate best
positioned to beat President Donald
Trump.
“For me, it was most important
that we have a president who doesn’t
have to walk in the door and figure
out where the light switch is, that we
have somebody who can lead on Day
One,” said Bottoms, who attended
Thursday night’s debate as a guest of
Biden’s wife, Jill.
The endorsement comes the
morning after a powerful exchange
between Biden and California Sen.
Kamala Harris, the only black
woman in the campaign. Harris
sharply criticized Biden for his com
ments about working with segrega
tionists and his past opposition to
busing.
Bottoms, 49, dismissed concerns
about Biden’s remarks earlier this
month, when he told supporters
that the Senate “got things done”
with “civility” when segregationists
roamed the halls of Congress. Some
critics saw his statement and subse
quent responses as racially offensive
and tone deaf from someone seek
ing to lead the modern Democratic
Party.
“The larger context was that you
have to work across the aisle with
people you don’t like, people you
don’t agree with,” Bottoms said. “I
do it each and every day as mayor of
Atlanta in a red state.”
Bottoms added that Biden’s work
on civil rights issues and his progres
sive resume demonstrate his com
mitment and that the remarks were
blown out of proportion.
“My position is, if his explanation
was good enough for John Lewis,
then it’s good enough for me,” Bot
toms added, referring to the Georgia
congressman and civil rights icon
JOHN BAZEM0RE I Associated Press
In this Thursday, June 6, file photo, Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms
speaks during the I Will Vote Fundraising Gala, in Atlanta. Bottoms announced
Friday, June 28, that she is endorsing Democrat Joe Biden for president in
2020, providing crucial support from a high-profile black female political leader.
Bottoms tells The Associated Press that her decision came down to Biden’s
experience and her belief that the former vice president is best positioned to
beat President Donald Trump.
who was among Biden’s defenders
after the controversy.
Bottoms is the latest in a
string of black elected offi
cials to back Biden. Louisi
ana Rep. Cedric Richmond,
the former chairman of the
Congressional Black Caucus,
is Biden’s campaign co-chair
man. Biden also leads the
2020 field in CBC endorse
ments, though other mem
bers of the caucus are also
backing candidates includ
ing Harris and New Jersey Sen. Cory
Booker, the other black candidate in
the diverse field.
Booker and Harris campaigned
for Bottoms during her hard-fought
2017 mayoral bid. In the
end, while Bottoms said she
respected both candidates,
she felt that Biden wins
the electability argument
and that it is important the
Democratic Party begin to
coalesce around a candidate
early.
“In 2016, we had a can
didate who went limping
into the general election,”
Bottoms said. “That would be cata
strophic for Democrats to do that
going into 2020.”
Biden
Carter: Trump is
president because of
Russian meddling
BY BEN NADLER
Associated Press
ATLANTA — Former
President Jimmy Carter said
Friday he believes Presi
dent Donald Trump actually
lost the 2016 election and
is president only
because of Russian
interference.
Carter made the
comments during
a discussion on
human rights at a
resort in Leesburg,
Virginia, with
out offering any
evidence for his
statements.
“There is no
doubt that the Russians did
interfere in the election,”
Carter said. “And I think
the interference, though not
yet quantified, if fully inves
tigated would show that
Trump didn’t actually win
the election in 2016.
He lost the election and he
was put into office because
the Russians interfered on
his behalf.”
The U.S. intelligence
community asserted in a
2017 report that Russia
had worked to help Trump
during the election and to
undermine the candidacy of
Democratic opponent Hill
ary Clinton.
But the intelligence
agencies did not assess
whether that interference
had affected the election or
contributed to Trump’s vic
tory, and no evidence has
emerged that votes were
changed improperly.
Deanna Congileo, a
spokeswoman for the
Atlanta-based Carter Cen
ter, declined to make Carter
available Friday for further
explanation.
Special counsel Robert
Mueller’s report identified
two criminal schemes by
Russia to interfere in the
election: the hacking of
Democratic email accounts
and a social media cam
paign to spread disinforma
tion online and sway public
opinion.
But Mueller’s report did
not establish that Russia
conspired with any
Trump associates
in those efforts.
Carter’s com
ments came
during a panel
discussion at a
retreat for donors
to the Carter Cen
ter, an organiza
tion he founded
in 1982 that has
been at the fore
front of election monitoring
efforts around the globe for
decades.
The discussion was broad
cast by CSPAN.
Panel moderator and
historian Jon Meacham
asked Carter if he believed
Trump was “an illegitimate
president.”
Carter replied: “Based on
what I just said, which I can’t
retract, I’d say yes.”
Carter also had harsh
words for Trump about
his administration’s immi
gration policies, following
reports of children and teens
held by Border Patrol with
inadequate food, water and
sanitation.
Asked by Meacham about
his views on the situation at
the U.S. border with Mexico,
Carter said: “Every day we
send a disgraceful signal
around the world that this
is what the president of the
United States government
stands for.
“And that is torture and
kidnapping of little chil
dren, separation from
their parents, and depri
vation of those who are
incarcerated.”
Carter
Obituaries
Gyndlon Lee “Sue”
Casteel
July 10, 1939 -June 27,
2019
Mrs. Gyndlon Lee
“Sue” Casteel age 79 of
Gainesville passed away
on Thursday June 27,
2019 at New Horizons
Limestone following an
extended illness.
Funeral services are
scheduled for Saturday
June 29, 2019 at 1:00
p.m. in the Chapel of
Memorial Park Funeral
Home with interment
to follow in White
Chapel Cemetery in
Duluth, Ga. The family
will receive friends on
Saturday June 29, 2019
from 11:00 a.m. until
1:00 p.m. at the funeral
home. Gyndlon was
born on July 10, 1939
in Macland, Georgia
to the late Robert O.
Wilkins and Georgia Mae
Wilkins. She was retired
from Preston Casteel
Electrical Company
which she began with
her husband in 1964,
and was a member of
New Holland Baptist
Church. She is preceded
in death by her parents,
and husband, Preston
Casteel, of 45 years. Mrs.
Casteel is survived by
her daughter, Pamela
Crawford of Gainesville,
son, Darrel Casteel of
Lilburn, grandchildren,
Melissa King (Kyle),
Cory Casteel, Cameron
(Janice) Crawford, Ethan
Deese, brother-in-law
and sister-in-law, Henry
and Ann Casteel.
Memorial Park Funeral
Home, 2030 Memorial
Park Road, Gainesville,
GA 30504 is in charge of
arrangements.
Send online condolences
to www.memorialpark
funeralhomes.com
Death Notices
Betty Sue Williamson
August 12, 1935-June 27,
2019
Betty Sue Williamson,
83, of Cumming,
GA., passed away on
Thursday. Funeral
services will be held
Wednesday, July
3, 2019 at 11:00
a.m. in the chapel
of Ingram Funeral
Home in Cumming,
GA. Ingram Funeral
Home & Crematory,
210 Ingram Ave,
Cumming, Ga.
Irene Wade Pratchard
September 15, 1925 -June
27, 2019
Irene Wade Pratchard,
93, passed away
Thursday. Funeral
Services will be held
at 4:00 p.m., Saturday,
June 29, 2019 at
Whitfield Funeral
Home, South Chapel.
Whitfield Funeral Homes
& Crematory, South
Chapel, 1370 Industrial
Boulevard, Baldwin, Ga.
Jean Canfield Loggins
January 17,
1939-Thursday, June 27,
2019
Jean Canfield Loggins,
80, of Cornelia, passed
away on Thursday.
Funeral services are
scheduled for 3 pm,
Sunday, June 30, 2019
at Good News Baptist
Church. McGahee-
Griffin & Stewart Funeral
Home of Cornelia.
John E. O’Brien
Died June 27, 2019
John E. O’Brien, 76,
passed away Thursday.
Arrangements are
incomplete at this time
and will be announced
soon by Barrett Funeral
Home, Cleveland.
Juan Guzman Perez
Died June 24, 2019
Juan Guzman Perez, 60,
of Gainesville passed
away Monday. Memorial
Park Funeral Home,
2030 Memorial Park
Road, Gainesville, GA
30504 is in charge of
arrangements.
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Myrtle Jane Little
Died June 26, 2019
Myrtle Jane Little, 75 of
Gainesville passed away
Wednesday. Funeral
services will be held
at 2:00 p.m. Saturday
June 29, at Mt. Vernon
Baptist Church. Little &
Davenport Funeral Home
and Crematory, 355
Dawsonville Highway,
SW, Gainesville, Ga.
Roma Louise Whitlow
Died June 26, 2019
Mrs. Roma Louise
Whitlow, 84, passed
away on Wednesday.
Funeral services are
scheduled for Sunday
June 30, 2019 at 2:00
p.m. in the Chapel of
Memorial Park Funeral
Home. Memorial Park
Funeral Home, 2030
Memorial Park Road,
Gainesville, Ga.
Vincent McDermott
Died June 27, 2019
Vincent McDermott,
68, of Roswell, Georgia,
passed away Wednesday.
The family will receive
friends Saturday, June
29 from 2Pm to 3PM
at McDonald and
Son Funeral Home.
McDonald and Son
Funeral Home and
Crematory, 150 Sawnee
Drive, Cumming, Ga.
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