Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms says she doesn’t agree with Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp's order to mobilize the National Guard in her city as a surge in violence became a political talking point.
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I love this for so many reasons. She kills me with this power struggle. She helped make a mess and the Governor is trying to hand her a layup and she's too proud for that. Just because the optics match the outcome.
Atlanta PD is hemorrhaging employees and the ones still there, arent "really" there. These state government building's security is provided by the State Patrol. Replace them with NG, and you've got hundreds more patrol cars working the streets. Now I'm sure the Patrol is none too happy about this, cuz they're subject to the same DA while they're inside Fulton County, but you've got to admit, the Governor offered an olive branch in the form of a good, viable temporary solution and she spits in his face.
I wish he'd put out a statement that says something to the effect of "I apologize, but that's not a decision that I have to run by you. Do your job better and I won't have to do it for you."