Racist robocalls impersonate Oprah in Georgia gubernatorial race

A white supremacist group called The Road to Power sent out a robocall in Georgia this weekend in which a speaker impersonated Oprah Winfrey and made racist and anti-Semitic comments.

Winfrey has campaigned for candidate Stacey Abrams (D), who will be the country's first black woman governor if she bests rival Brian Kemp (R). It is not known how many Georgia voters received the calls targeting Abrams.

Both campaigns roundly denounced the robocalls, with Kemp calling them an "absolutely disgusting" example of "unbridled hate and unapologetic bigotry." However, a statement from Abrams' campaign suggested Kemp has previously not been quick enough to denounce racism from his allies, deriding him for "suddenly decid[ing] to find a conscience as polls are tightening."

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