The race for Georgia’s governor will have a Republican and Democrat challenger because Gov. Brian Kemp cannot run for a third term.

“I said, ‘Oh, he thinks he fired me too from the job that I didn’t get paid for,” Bottoms said about Trump’s post. “I was quite tickled to see one that the Vice President of the United States was thinking about me the day after his inauguration at 1:30 a.m.”

Bottoms said she had submitted her resignation on January 4, 2025, effective January 20, and had informed Biden directly through a formal letter.

With his infamous “You’re Fired!” phrase, Trump terminated Lance Bottoms via social media, but the former mayor reminded him she had already resigned.

Former President Biden also removed many Trump appointees after taking office, including former press secretary Sean Spicer

Bottoms, who also served on Atlanta City Council, is part of a promised purge of Biden administration officials.

In the wee hours of Tuesday (Jan. 21) morning, Donald Trump continued his White House takeover by announcing the terminations of four delegates from Joe Biden’s term. “My presidential personnel office is actively in the process of identifying and removing over 1,

You’re fired” didn’t quite work on Keisha Lance Bottoms, and she’s letting Donald Trump know that! The former Atlanta

Formerly Atlanta mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms was among the first names Trump announced as being terminated from their posts. Bottoms was appointed by President Biden to serve on the President’s Export Council, a national advisory committee on international trade.

On his first full day in office, President Donald Trump fired Keisha Lance Bottoms from her White House position on the president’s Export Council — a position from which the former Atlanta mayor said she had already resigned.

Donald Trump's dismissal of Biden-era appointees backfired as Keisha Lance Bottoms and others revealed they had already resigned.