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Stacey Abrams did not say: "Who needs agriculture when you can just get food at the store?"

Stacey Abrams did not say: "Who needs agriculture when you can just get food at the store?"

Stacey Abrams did not say: "Who needs agriculture when y'all can just get food at the store?"

No, Stacey Abrams didn't dismiss agriculture because people can purchase nutrient at groceries

Stacey Abrams, the one-time Georgia gubernatorial candidate who gave the Democratic rebuttal to Donald Trump's State of the Matrimony address, has come under fire from some critics for her rebuke of the president.

Amongst the salvos lobbed at Abrams in the hours after both addresses was the charge that she dismissed agriculture, claiming people can buy their food from the grocery instead.

"Who needs agriculture when you tin can merely get food at the store?" a Facebook post published on February. 5 alleges Abrams said. "Yes, she actually said this and is actually this damned stupid."

This post was flagged every bit role of Facebook's efforts to combat false news and misinformation on its News Feed. (Read more about our partnership with Facebook.)

A spokeswoman for Abrams did not immediately respond to an email from PolitiFact nigh the quote. But it'southward not an sometime claim. Social media accounts were sharing it back in October, before Abrams lost her bid for governor.

Still, nosotros couldn't find credible show that Abrams always said this. When she was on the campaign trail, though, she did make comments that drew the attending of her opponent, now Gov. Brian Kemp. On Oct. 16, Abrams told a crowd that she wanted to "create lots of different jobs," co-ordinate to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. "Considering people shouldn't take to go into agriculture or hospitality in Georgia to brand a living. Why not create renewable energy jobs?"

An attack ad afterward featured a clip of Abrams making the remarks, and Kemp's camp chosen them "brash and condescending." In response to the criticism, Abrams tweeted: "To be clear, my signal is that nosotros must continue to diversify our economy and heighten wages across the board. Agronomics and hospitality are vital sectors of our economic system in Georgia - but we can do more than and lead in new sectors every bit well."

She did non ever announced to clarify a statement on "who needs agriculture when you tin can simply go food at the store" because, as best we tin can tell, she never said it.

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Facebook post, Jan. 5, 2019

Atlanta Journal-Constitution, "On the Georgia trail: A tougher-talking Abrams and 'condescending' ag remarks," Oct. 17, 2018

Atlanta Periodical-Constitution, "New Republican advertisement relies on Abrams' words to brand case against her," Oct. 31, 2018

Stacey Abrams tweet, Oct. xvi, 2018

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