Stacey Abrams stated on MSNBC Monday that President-elect Donald Trump’s victory didn’t point out a “seismic shift.”
“We keep misremembering what happened in November. Yes, Donald Trump won the election, but it wasn’t a landslide,” Abrams instructed MSNBC’s Chris Hayes.
“It was an evenly divided nation. He got more people, but this was not the seismic shift where 57, 58 percent of America said no,” the two-time failed Georgia gubernatorial candidate stated.
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U.S. President-elect Donald Trump smiles throughout Turning Level USA’s AmericaFest on the Phoenix Conference Middle on December 22, 2024, in Phoenix, Arizona. (Rebecca Noble/Getty Pictures)
Quickly after successful each the favored vote and electoral school, Trump vowed to steer a “golden age of America” after launching the “greatest political movement of all time.”
The incoming commander-in-chief’s second presidential victory entailed sweeping all battleground states in addition to Republicans successful a majority within the Home and Senate. Moreover, Trump improved his vote share throughout the nation, beginning with conservative areas however extending into deeply Democratic states.
Vice President Kamala Harris congratulated Trump over the telephone the subsequent morning and later delivered her concession speech at her alma mater, Howard College.
The feat is set by many to be a mandate from the American individuals, who’re fed up with financial woes, a border disaster and a damaged immigration system.
Nevertheless, Abrams stated, “It was less than 50 percent of the electorate who said this is what we want.”
In accordance with the Related Press, Trump bought 49.9% of the nationwide vote totals.
Stacey Abrams stated on MSNBC that President-elect Donald Trump’s victory didn’t point out a “seismic shift.” (AP Photograph/Jacquelyn Martin;; Brandon Bell/Getty Pictures)
In the course of the interview, Abrams additionally mirrored on the late President Jimmy Carter’s legacy by discussing “decency” in politics. She implored Democrats to “expand the ambit of decency” to deliver extra individuals into the occasion.
“I think decency is a choice. It’s a difficult choice, but one that, when viewed authentically, has this effect of boosting confidence and boosting morale. It cannot be by itself the only offering and I think what we saw, unfortunately, with President Carter, was that when decency confronts ignominy—ignominy has a leg up because he’s willing to do things decency won’t. That doesn’t mean you abandon decency.”
She argued additional, “Our responsibility is for decency to show those who stayed home, those who stayed silent that there is a place for decency and a place for them,” she instructed Hayes. “That’s the work that has to be done next.”
Abrams, a Democrat, made headlines after refusing to concede the 2018 gubernatorial election to Republican Brian Kemp after dropping by 60,000 votes. In 2019, Abrams stated “we won” regardless of the ultimate tally and Kemp’s inauguration, although she has since argued that she accepted the leads to 2018.
She had additionally steered that Kemp, as Georgia’s secretary of state, enacted insurance policies to suppress voters.
Stacey Abrams, Democratic gubernatorial candidate for Georgia, speaks throughout an election night time rally in Atlanta, Georgia, on Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022. Abrams conceded to Governor Brian Kemp on Tuesday in a rematch of their 2018 race, reported the Related Press. (Dustin Chambers/Bloomberg by way of Getty Pictures)
Abrams ran for election once more for governor of Georgia and misplaced on November 8, 2022. Abrams, regardless of by no means formally conceding her loss to Kemp, was heralded as an election reform icon.
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Fox Information’ Paul Steinhauser contributed to this report.
