Stacey Abrams said she was "chastised" for "refusing to demur" in 2020 comments
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Voting rights advocate Stacey Abrams said Tuesday that she felt chastised and insulted in the summer of 2020 while enduring questions about her capacity to handle the job of the Vice President of the United States when then-candidate Joe Biden was considering choosing her as his running mate. Abrams spoke to author N.K. Jemison on the first day of the South by Southwest festival, which is being held virtually this year.
"I was chastised for refusing to demur and pretend that I didn't have the capacity to do the job because I didn't have the title and the positions that people were used to seeing have," Abrams said, adding that she was asked a question very few people must contend with. "There were all these insults as opposed to looking at the fundamental question. I was asked the question white men don't get asked, 'are you qualified?'" Abrams said.Five people boarded OceanGate's Titan submersible last summer to dive down to see the wreckage of the Titanic, but less than two hours later, the vessel imploded, killing all on board. Now, a billionaire from Ohio wants to make his own attempt – an idea he had just days after the Titan met its fatal end.
Authorities made two gruesome discoveries Tuesday after a Missouri woman walked into a police station and told officers that she fatally shot one of her children and drowned the other, officials said. Jefferson County Sheriff Dave Marshak said at a news conference that authorities believe both children were killed Tuesday morning.