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“Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms was honored to have been offered a role in the Cabinet, which she respectfully declined,” a Bottoms spokesperson said in a released statement.
“The Mayor’s focus remains on the people of Atlanta and the great state of Georgia,” the statement said. “Out of respect for the process, and the other candidates under consideration, no additional comment will be forthcoming on this matter at this time.”
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There was speculation that she was offered a role as the U.S. ambassador of the Bahamas, but the statement shut that rumor down. “She was never offered an ambassadorship,” the statement said.
Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms (Image: Twitter/@apbenven)
Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms was offered a position in President-elect Joe Biden‘s administration, but she turned it down.
Bottom’s senior adviser Rashad Taylor didn’t say what position Bottoms was offered, only that she turned it down to focus on her job as the mayor of Atlanta.
“Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms was honored to have been offered a role in the Cabinet, which she respectfully declined,” Taylor told the
Atlanta Journal Constitution. “The Mayor’s focus remains on the people of Atlanta and the great state of Georgia.”
The Biden transition team confirmed to the AJC that it offered Bottoms an unspecified position. Lance Bottoms endorsed Biden in June 2019, just before the first Democratic Primary debate. Additionally, Bottoms campaigned for Biden in Iowa and advocated on his behalf in Democratic meetings after the debates. Bottoms was also a top candidate to be Biden’s vice president befor