The debt-saddled Stacey Abrams gubernatorial campaign allegedly shelled out for a TikTok "hype house" that was rarely used and a "swag truck" to dish out free merchandise to young people, according to staffers.
Abrams's campaign raised more than $100 million and now owes over $1 million in debt to numerous vendors, according to Abrams's campaign manager, Lauren Groh-Wargo. Amid the twice-failed candidate's campaign expenditures coming under scrutiny, former staffers have revealed certain atypical campaign charges for a political candidate.
The campaign allegedly rented a home near Atlanta's Piedmont Park that was intended for TikTok creators to use and bolster Abrams, who lost to Gov. Brian Kemp (R-GA) by almost 299,000 votes, Abrams staffers told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. The home has five bedrooms and is now being rented out for $12,500 per month, said the staffers.
In addition, the campaign's alleged "swag truck" was criticized by staffers because there was apparently no giveaway strategy, the outlet reported. The operation seemed overly expensive and careless, staffers said.
"It’s incredibly bad planning, and it shows where their values are at," a senior Democratic official told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. “You can’t look up one day and realize you can’t pay the bills."
Abrams's blowout loss in 2022 comes after she got trounced by Kemp in 2018 and baselessly claimed the election was "rigged" because of alleged voter suppression. Groh-Wargo told Axios that the 2022 campaign had to slash checks for most of its 180 full-time staffers and is attempting to sell donor lists and voter contact spreadsheets to fulfill its debts.
“People have told me they have no idea how they’re going to pay their rent in January," said a former Abrams staffer. "It was more than unfortunate. It was messed up."
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She is the true essence of a politician. In the days of our founders, being a politician was akin to horse thief. The people that wanted the best for our country were call Citizen Statesmen.
POOF, hopefully you are gone broad
Perhaps we have heard the last from STACY, But i doubt it there are a few that just keep crawling out of their hole every election cycle hoping this time will be different. I think the voters in GEORGIA made it very clear to her that they are not interested in her being Govenor, So maybe she will try running for some other office.
She should run for the "STATE LINE"!!!