Vernon Jones brought his campaign for governor of Georgia to the banks of the Toccoa River Saturday afternoon, June 19, when he addressed a crowd at Ron Henry Horseshoe Bend Park.
Speaking with fire in his belly, Jones tackled one subject after another head-on with unwavering stances on everything from election fraud to gun control to abortion.
Jones left no doubt to his opinion the 2020 Presidential Election in Georgia was stolen from Donald Trump, and that Governor Brian Kemp and Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger are afraid to do anything about it. He pointed to a 25-page report in Raffensperger’s office, uncovered by a small Metro area newspaper through an Open Records request, that outlined countless election irregularities. Those irregularities included over 300,000 ballots with no chain of custody.
Yet Jones said neither the governor nor secretary of state would act on that report.
“We can’t afford another four years of someone who won’t stand up for you,” he said, pointing to Kemp’s inaction and failure to call for a forensic audit of the election. “Those of us who believe in free and fair elections can’t trust Kemp,” Jones said.
Jones, running on the Republican ticket, but previously having been associated with the Democratic party, warned listeners of the Democratic party’s plans saying, “they want to take our guns.” Jones stands on the other side of the issue, calling for Georgia to become a Constitutional Carry state.
The candidate did not shy away from racism. “They want to pit us against each other,” he said of tactics used by national leaders that encourage racism.
Motioning to a group of youngsters, Jones said, “Why teach these little babies something that will pit them against other kids?” He accused democrats of putting each group of Americans in a bucket in order to divide the country.
Jones attacked Planned Parenthood and the government funding it receives. Saying he had studied it extensively, he said the intent of Planned Parenthood’s founder was to eliminate black people.
He said there should be no taxpayer funding for Planned Parenthood.
At the same time, he said women considering an abortion should not be “beat up” because of the situation they face or the decision they are considering. He said they should be shown love and told of the possibilities of greatness any new life has despite circumstances.
“I serve a God who is a forgiving God,” Jones said, saying how great it would be if people treated people the same way.
Explaining his stance on the state income tax in Georgia, Jones called for it to be drastically reduced or eliminated altogether. “People should keep their money,” he said, pointing to Florida and then Tennessee, states with no state income tax.
Jones called on people to “tell the truth” and “have some backbone to fight,” qualities he promised in both himself and his campaign.
He talked of the need to protect Americans’ Constitutional freedoms, things democrats want to take away.
“The left has been telling black people a lie for a long time,” Jones said. “They want to stop me from saying what I’m saying.”