“It’s cute that you think a celebrity who probably arrived on a private jet with hair and makeup team from her $6.5M mansion in Montecito with zero ties to Georgia is going to somehow turn the tide and get Georgians to vote for a candidate that isn’t going
With early voting wrapped up in Georgia, Democratic gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams is still attempting to avoid a repeat of 2018, when she lost to Republican Gov. Brian Kemp. In a bid to win over voters, Abrams brought out actress Natalie Portman to a campaign stop.
At a Saturday morning campaign event in Savannah, Abrams was preceded by Democratic congressional candidate Wade Herring, Georgia secretary of state candidate Bee Ngyuen, state Rep. Edna Jackson, as well as the Black Swan star, according to WTOC 11.
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In a tweet thanking Portman for attending her event, Abrams called people to vote just like the "superhero" actress, who portrayed Jane Foster in Marvel's Thor movies.
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Portman, who is currently based in Savannah while shooting the upcoming film May December, was met with backlash for seeming to be out-of-touch with the voters she's trying to win over for the progressive candidate.
"It's cute that you think a celebrity who probably arrived on a private jet with hair and makeup team from her $6.5M mansion in Montecito with zero ties to Georgia is going to somehow turn the tide and get Georgians to vote for a candidate that isn't going to win, wrote one Twitter user.
"Entertainers should just stop with the politics. Their positions are trash," said another.
Another tweeter used a popular meme format featuring Portman's appearance in the 2002 film Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones to poke fun at the actress' promotion of Abrams.
When Abrams took the stage she claimed to be just "three days from victory."
"We are three days from destiny, three days from victory that is unfinished business for the state of Georgia, three days away from reclaiming our rights and writing our future," Abrams said.
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