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A photograph of Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams posing with Linda Sarsour (a Palestinian-American Muslim political activist) has generated attention on social media -- not just because of Sarsour's notoriety, but because the campaign sign Abrams is seen holding identifies her as a Communist and includes the hashtag #MuslimBrotherhood: The original photograph, as posted to Abrams' own Twitter account, was taken at a political rally in Atlanta on 20 January 2018. Notably, in the undoctored version of the image the campaign sign Abrams is holding contains no legend identifying her as a Communist nor a hashtag for the Muslim Brotherhood: Manipulated photograph aside, we found no evidence that Stacey Abrams' campaign had advocated on behalf of communist policies or was willingly associated with the Communist Party USA (CPUSA) or any other communist organization. We also found no evidence of Abrams' being endorsed or supported by the Muslim Brotherhood (other than an assumed indirect association through activist Linda Sarsour, who has actually stated that she does not support the Muslim Brotherhood). As reported by the Associated Press, Abrams’ director of communications stated that the photograph was doctored to imply that Stacey Abrams has affiliations she does not have: nization.
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