Decatur, Ga. ? Rep. Cynthia McKinney did not go quietly in Tuesday’s primary runoff.

The Democratic lawmaker – known for conspiracy theories about the Sept. 11 attacks and her scuffle with a U.S. Capitol police officer – conceded Wednesday in a speech that blamed the media for her loss and included a song criticizing President Bush.

Hank Johnson defeated McKinney by more than 12,000 votes, getting 59 percent of the vote to 41 percent for McKinney. The black attorney and former DeKalb County commissioner is now the general-election favorite in the predominantly Democratic district east of Atlanta.

McKinney, the state’s first black congresswoman, lashed out at journalists, accusing them of injuring her mother.

“My mother was hurt by someone in the press in this room tonight,” McKinney said. “One of my assistants needs stitches because of the press that are in this room tonight.”

WXIA-TV said on its Web site that a boom microphone had struck members of McKinney’s entourage: “In the confusion, McKinney staffers struck an 11Alive photographer and knocked his camera equipment to the ground.” Earlier in the day, the station said a McKinney staffer had scuffled with another 11Alive photojournalist.

In her concession speech, McKinney said electronic voting machines, which have been used in all of Georgia’s precincts since 2002, “are a threat to our democracy.”

“Let the word go out. We aren’t going to tolerate any more stolen elections. … We want our party back!” she said.