Former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms brought out a Hollywood heavyweight, a political local legend and other local notables at this campaign event less than two weeks from the election.
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Actress Kerry Washington from “Scandal” fame came to Friendship Baptist Church to support Bottoms’ campaign. She told voters this is special time and she asked them to do more to get Bottoms elected.
Washington says turning out the vote will help turn the tide.
Channel 2’s Tom Jones asked Bottoms what would be her closing message to voters with less than two weeks left.
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“Georgia deserves better. We deserve better. We deserve better healthcare, better education funding,” Bottoms said. “We deserve better education, support for our small businesses.”
“This is a moment where I’m feeling very hopeful about what can happen here on the ground but it’s gonna take the people in Georgia showing up to do it,” Washington said.
Former mayor Shirley Franklin was at the rally, as well as media legend Billye Aaron.
Washington and Bottoms said it is important that we save our democracy and they said you do that by getting your friends family and everyone you can to the polls to vote.
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