She's touted her work in Congress, for example, against Big Tech. "GOP Sen. Kelly Loeffler says voters should reject her leading opponent for the Georgia Senate seat she holds for guilt by association — with his former legal clients. So for [Loeffler] to come out and say that we're divisive and that Black Lives Matter as a movement is a divisive organization, I call her BS on that." Senator Kelly Loeffler, who is running for re-election, spoke at Lafayette Square on Thursday morning, campaigning for votes as the November special election draws nearer. She is now running to remain in Isakson's seat for the remainder of his term, but she's facing challenges from both sides of the aisle.So too will be the case for the WNBA players speaking out against police brutality via the Black Lives Matter movement, and so too will be the case for naysayers like Loeffler. Collins has swiped at Loeffler, the wife of New York Stock Exchange owner and chairman Jeffrey Sprecher, for being a "pretend farmer." Georgia Senator Kelly Loeffler Trails Rep. Collins by over 40 Points among GOP Voters in Special Election Poll. Each, ultimately, has been regarded with praise and adulation in hindsight, while their naysayers have fallen on the wrong side of history.The league itself rebuffed Loeffler's proposal by promising to "continue to use our platforms to vigorously advocate for social justice." Still, Engelbert stopped short of banning Loeffler from the league, stating that the controversial owner "has not served as Governor of the Atlanta Dream since October 2019 and is no longer involved in the day-to-day business of the team.""Now that she's pretending to be a conservative to run for public office, she should explain her silence and divest herself of this team and her past progressive advocacy," he added."Now that we're kind of taking our power back and asking for, you know, better placing in communities, we're asking for more resources to be poured in, I think it is uncomfortable," she added. The athletes' stance that Black Lives Matter should be, and someday will be, universally indisputable. “You can’t trust Kelly Loeffler.”"Whenever a prosecutor or defense lawyer wades into the political pool, the opponent will seek to mischaracterize the legal work of the candidate.
She's also chided WNBA players taking part in Black Lives Matter protests on their respective courts.Three months out from the Nov. 3 primary, the tactics reflect the increasingly acrimonious nature of the race between fellow Republicans Loeffler and Collins.With Collins ahead in the polls, Loeffler is dissecting Collins's legal career in a most unflattering way.And anyway, bringing up legal matters gives Collins an opening to dredge up a Department of Justice probe, since closed, into potential violations of insider trading laws by Loeffler.Two-term Maryland Attorney General Douglas Gansler, a Democrat, agreed Loeffler's argument wasn't compelling.Collins, elected to the House in 2012 after six years as a state representative, served in Iraq as an Air Force lieutenant colonel chaplain. From Tommie Smith's and John Carlos' Black Power salute on the podium at the 1968 Olympics and Billie Jean King's fight for equality of the sexes in tennis to Muhammad Ali's conscientious objection to the Vietnam War and Colin Kaepernick's decision to kneel in protest of police brutality during the national anthem, there are countless examples of the biggest stars in sport using their platforms to advocate for the causes about which they are most passionate."Kelly has long supported the Dream's dream of abortion on demand, gun confiscation and other liberal causes," Collins said, per his campaign's release. Isakson stepped down at the end of 2019 due to health reasons, and Georgia's Republican governor appointed Loeffler, a wealthy Atlanta-based businesswoman, to the seat.“Kelly’s using high-priced lawyers to help her get away with it,” says a voice-over layered on images such as a Monopoly "get out of jail free" card. And he's latched onto collaborations between her Atlanta Dream WNBA team, Planned Parenthood, and Everytown for Gun Safety. The WNBA players union did not mince words in its call to remove the Georgia Republican from her ownership post."E-N-O-U-G-H! The 49-year-old was appointed to succeed incumbent Senator Johnny Isakson at the beginning of 2020 after he resigned due to health complications. Share on Facebook; Share on Twitter It is silly and a distraction from the actual issues at hand," the Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP partner said.Loeffler and Collins are members of a multiparty field of 21 candidates. The thoughts expressed are those of the author(s)."To be a partial owner in that and cheer on the sidelines and support your players but you don't support them when they take those uniforms off, it's a problem," Cloud added.