New York Post

Racist calls target Ga.

- By NIKKI SCHWAB nschwab@nypost.com

A white-supremacis­t group released a racist, anti-Semitic and sexist robocall to Georgia voters in which a man pretends to be Oprah Winfrey and targets the state’s Democratic gubernator­ial candidate, Stacey Abrams.

In the call, a recording of which was obtained by WSB-TV in Atlanta, a man mimics the billionair­e media icon, who campaigned with Abrams on Thursday.

If elected, Abrams would be the first black female governor in the country.

“This is the magical negro, Oprah Winfrey, asking you to make my fellow negress, Stacey Abrams, the governor of Georgia,” the robocall says. “Years ago, the Jews who own the American media saw something in me — the ability to trick dumb white women into thinking I was like them and to do, read and think what I told them to.”

“I see that same potential in Stacey Abrams. Where others see a poor man’s Aunt Jemima, I see someone white women can be tricked into voting for — especially the fat ones.”

Mocking Winfrey’s talk-show giveaway, the voice promises voters who pick Abrams, “Everybody gets a car!”

The robocall says it was paid for by Road to Power, an Idahobased white-supremacis­t group.

The group issued a similar call to voters in Florida, where Democrat Andrew Gillum is vying to be the state’s first black governor.

Abrams’ GOP rival, Brian Kemp, called the calls “vile” and “contrary to the highest ideals of our state and country.”

And Abrams’ campaign blamed President Trump.

“These automated calls are being sent into homes just days before President Trump arrives, reminding voters exactly who is promoting a political climate that celebrates this kind of vile, poisonous thinking,” said spokeswoma­n Abigail Collazo.

Meanwhile, Kemp, who is Georgia’s secretary of state, announced his office was probing the state Democratic Party over an “attempt to hack the state’s voter-registrati­on system.”

His office offered no evidence, and Democratic leaders called the allegation false and cast the inquiry as an abuse of power.

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