Photo Emerges Showing Georgia’s Democrat Governor Nominee Burning State Flag

Stacey Abrams speaks onstage during the 2018 Essence Festival presented by Coca-Cola at Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans, Louisiana, on July 7, 2018. Photo by Paras Griffin/Getty Images for Essence

A picture emerged late Oct. 22 showing Stacey Abrams, the Democrat gubernatorial candidate for Georgia, burning the state’s flag during a protest.

Abrams admitted to burning the flag on the steps of the state’s Capitol in June 1992.