Stacey Abrams is 'politically incompetent,' bad at 'virtue signaling' following maskless photo: Thiessen
The Fox News contributor joined 'America's Newsroom' to discuss the photo showing Abrams posing maskless with a group of children in school.
Fox News contributor Marc Thiessen ripped former Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams as "politically incompetent" after a photo was posted over the weekend showing her maskless surrounded by masked school children. Thiessen told "America's Newsroom" co-host Dana Perino Abrams is bad at "virtue signaling" after the picture ignited a firestorm over the weekend.
STACEY ABRAMS RECEIVES BACKLASH FOR POSING MASKLESS WITH ROOM FULL OF YOUNG MASKED CHILDREN
MARC THIESSEN: Knowing all that, she [Abrams] chose to take a picture with a group of schoolchildren wearing masks with herself without the mask. That's not only politically incompetent, it's bad virtue signaling. If you support masking with school, she should have taken a picture with the kids wearing a mask, say and said, 'Look, we're all wearing masks. It's OK. It's not a big deal...' She does the opposite and makes herself a hypocrite by taking off her mask, which has no science behind it. Because there's no science showing that taking off your mask for a photo doesn't spread COVID, so it's not even good virtue signaling...
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