Atlanta mayor accuses DNC of ‘abandoning Black voters’ as Atlanta and Chicago lose 2028 convention bid

Chicago and Atlanta didn’t make the cut as finalists to host the 2028 Democratic National Convention — and while Chicago’s host committee says it’s hopeful the city still has a chance at its 2032 bid, Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens is blasting out his criticism of DNC Chair Ken Martin's decision. “They are afraid to leave their comfort zone and blind to the fact that the South is the answer,” Dickens said in a letter obtained by the Chicago Sun-Times. “They are abandoning Atlanta, abandoning the…