Georgia lawmaker Erica Thomas says she was told to ‘go back where you came from’ while shopping

Thomas, who is the Georgia State Representative of District 39, says she was verbally assaulted in a grocery store by a white man. Many are pledging their support for Thomas using the hashtag “I Stand With Erica.”

https://twitter.com/itsericathomas/status/1152417924315004928?s=21

We have a serious problem in this Country when @itsericathomas is subjected to racism in a Cobb County @Publix in front of her daughter. #gapol. #IStandwithErica thank you @RenittaShannon for alerting me and the @NAACPGA. #NoPlaceforHate. pic.twitter.com/hN5HDS4aG9

— Gerald A. Griggs (@AttorneyGriggs) July 20, 2019

This story breaks my heart. I am so sorry this happened to Erica Thomas. People are so disgusting. This needs to end. Stop using hateful rhetoric and attacking people!

These are the consequences of a president who foments hate every day—and sees our diversity not as a strength but as a weakness. Erica, thank you for serving your state and thanks to your husband for serving our country. We are better than this, and together, we will prove it.