Black women are being shaped by a post-traumatic slave mentality, Democratic nominee for Georgia governor Keisha Lance Bottoms recently claimed, framing modern cultural attitudes through the lens of historical oppression.
Speaking at the womens event Radiant Conversations, Bottoms told attendees, As black women, we are conditioned. Girl, you cant depend on anybody else. If you dont do it for yourself, aint nobody else gonna do it for you. According to Breitbart, she went on to argue that this mindset is harmful, insisting, And in many ways, that is a post-traumatic slave mentality, and elaborating, That it is it is not just on our backs. That this is a burden that we can all carry. Its a win for all of us. And so it is just remembering that this is a sisterhood, that this is about community. Its not about going fast.
Bottoms pressed the theme of collective responsibility, casting her political ambitions as part of a broader communal mission. Its about taking others with you, and Im just Im so grateful to have learned those lessons and to be able to apply them in this season, she continued, tying her personal narrative to a progressive vision of identity politics.
The former Atlanta mayor and senior adviser to Joe Biden is now seeking to lead Georgia, promising to contrast Bidens tenure with that of President Donald Trump. She has asserted that Bidens record stands superior, declaring that the president delivered for the state and pledging to make that comparison central to her campaign.
I will put Biden up against Trumps record any day of the week, especially in the way he delivered for Georgia, she said during an appearance on CNNs OutFront. Yet this claim comes as Georgia families continue to grapple with inflation, higher grocery bills, and rising healthcare costs under Biden-era policies that have expanded federal power and spending.
Bottoms attempted to channel voter frustration into support for bigger government solutions, saying, The people of Georgia are talking about the cost of living. Theyre talking about grocery costs. Theyre talking about healthcare costs, 500,000 people in this state opted not to get healthcare after the big, ugly bill. Those are the things that people care about. Rather than acknowledging how heavy regulation and Washington-driven mandates often drive up prices, she used those concerns to justify more intervention from the same political class that helped create the problem.
Her rhetoric toward President Trump has been openly hostile from the outset of her gubernatorial bid, as she branded him a threat to the nations prosperity and stability. She labeled the commander-in-chief a disaster for our economy and our country from his failure to address rising prices to giving an unelected billionaire the power to cut Medicare and Social Security, echoing standard Democrat talking points that ignore Trump-era economic growth, energy independence, and lower taxes.
Donald Trump is no laughing matter, she said, before invoking a personal anecdote to frame her campaign as a fight against Republicans. Well, My grandmama taught me, no matter how hard they swing you never stay down. You fight back. Thats why Im running for governor, because Georgia families deserve far better than what Donald Trump and Republicans are giving us, she added, even as many conservative voters remember a pre-Biden economy with stronger paychecks, lower inflation, and a federal government less eager to micromanage their daily lives.
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