Having helped remove Trump, Stacey Abrams’s next battle is to win office | FarrahTomazin
She was the hero of the 2020 US election, whose effort to mobilise black voters in Georgia helped secure Joe Biden’s presidency and seismically shifted the political landscape in America’s deep south.
Among them is the Senate race for Georgia, where Donald Trump’s chosen candidate Herschel Walker – a former football star who has campaigned in support of a national ban on abortion –But it’s also worth noting that there are 36 state Governor races to be decided too, which will give the winner immense power over a swathe of important state-based issues: from abortion access following the Supreme Court’s decision to overturnFew of these 36 races are as heated as the rematch between Abrams , and...
Asked by the Atlanta Press Club panel tonight if she would accept the outcome this year - or if she stood by earlier claims that the 2018 election was “rigged” - Abrams made no apologies for calling out her opponent for introducing laws that she claimed had made it harder for people to vote, particularly those from historically disenfranchised black and brown communities.“Just today, a homeless woman was denied the right to vote… because she did not receive a provisional ballot,” she said.
To that end, it’s not surprising that Abrams and Kemp focused tonight’s debate heavily on “kitchen table” issues such as the economy, crime, and education.Kemp spruiked his controversial decision to lift pandemic restrictions against the advice of public health officials, arguing that it strengthened Georgia’s economy while other states dwindled.