Kasim Reed calls out Felicia Moore’s controversial endorsement; Moore later distances herself from supporter

Tuesday greeting astatine John Wesley Dobbs Plaza connected the country of Fort Street and Auburn Avenue, longtime Atlanta nonmigratory and salient Republican key-maker Lee Clevenger was the taxable du jour. Clevenger has resided successful Atlanta since 1979 and has been an unabashed professional of Black enactment successful the city. However, helium endorsed Felicia Moore connected October 7th due to the fact that helium felt Moore was the lone idiosyncratic that, “had a conscience and cares astir the radical and is not funny successful thing but lining their ain pockets.”

Clevenger has made arguable statements arsenic an ardent protagonist of erstwhile President Donald J. Trump portion impugning Black enactment successful varying levels of government. Mayoral campaigner Kasim Reed responded to Clevenger’s endorsement and discussed Moore’s relation with him.

“What Felicia Moore did was to basal determination and laughter arsenic the full spectrum of Black enactment was disgraced,” Reed said. “The Council President for the metropolis of Atlanta, needs to repudiate the Lee Clemenger endorsement, and she needs to instrumentality the run contributions that helium has made to her close away. This is this did not travel from a 3rd party. This was a station by Felicia Moore campaign. They person been friends for years and a fewer seconds oregon cursory glance, which amusement that this man said the President Barack Obama was the astir corrupt president successful history. He is anti Union. He is anti LGBTQ. So the question for Miss Moore is however could you basal beside him? As helium ridiculed radical that person created the way of accidental that you present locomotion down? ”

At 12:42 PM, The Atlanta Voice received the pursuing connection from the Moore campaign:

“Mr. Clevenger has been a agelong clip constituent, and I’ve known him lone successful my capableness arsenic a City Council Representative. I was simply unaware of the hateful and racist things helium had
been posting connected societal media, and I powerfully disagree with them. I’ve instructed my squad to instrumentality his contributions.

However, if Mr. Reed wants to play guilt by association, I’d punctual Atlanta voters that 7 of his apical unit and idiosyncratic appointees person faced national transgression charges for their actions portion helium was mayor, including for bribery and amerciable weapons charges.”

Moore issued an further connection regarding wherefore she did not locomotion distant erstwhile Clevenger made his statement:

“It was an unfortunate connection by that constituent, and I should person corrected him oregon walked away. As everyone successful Atlanta knows, I surely bash not stock his beliefs astir about of our past mayors, nor those views helium shared connected societal media. I apologize to anyone wounded by that post.”

As the wide predetermination winds down, Reed was asked regarding Ms. Bertha Darden, a bequest nonmigratory of Atlanta who confronted him during a caller debate. Darden asked Reed astir the clip she was forced to determination retired of her location successful 2013 owed to the floods. Darden said Reed assured the residents they wouldn’t permission and they would not beryllium displaced. Darden promised she would clasp him to his promise. Darden has been a 30-year retired nonmigratory of Atlanta. The video was made nationalist connected October 23rd by Eldredge E. Washington connected YouTube. However, Washington’s video did not amusement Kasim’s response.

Here is Reed’s response, opening astatine the 4:30 people successful the video.