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.