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Forbes Prove Their Bias By Listing Stacey Abrams As One Of The World’s ‘Most Powerful Women’

Political bias against conservative women is one “glass ceiling” they won’t be rushing to break down.

Ian Haworth
Forbes Prove Their Bias By Listing Stacey Abrams As One Of The World’s ‘Most Powerful Women’
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Earlier this week, Forbes Magazine announced “The World’s 100 Most Powerful Women of 2020.” The article includes a foreword by Maggie McGrath, an associate editor at Forbes and editor of ForbesWomen, in which she lauds Kamala Harris’ prepared debate response of “Mr. Vice President, I’m speaking” as a “rallying cry for women across America.” She celebrates the diversity of those listed, saying that the women “hail from 30 countries and were born across four generations,” and that there are “10 heads of state, 38 CEOs and five entertainers among them.” 

“But where they differ in age, nationality and job description,” McGrath writes, “they are united in the ways they have been using their platforms to address the unique challenges of 2020.” The introduction ends with an entire paragraph dedicated to Stacey Abrams’ “deft use of power” during the presidential election, and that “due to that continued work, along with the efforts of so many women like her, … the words of the soon-to-be vice president will come to fruition.”

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