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Stacey Abrams is getting a high-profile boost in her bid to impeach Republican Governor of Georgia Brian Kemp Thursday night from none other than Oprah Winfrey.
The 68-year-old superstar talk show host takes part in a virtual fundraiser for Abrams, who lost to Kemp in a thrilling gubernatorial race in 2018.
The event is billed as a “virtual conversation” between the two, titled “A Thriving Life.”
“Everyone is invited to attend this special event and learn more about Stacey’s unfinished business with the state of Georgia as she works to make history as the nation’s first black female governor in November,” the sign up page reads. of the fundraiser.
Abrams caused a stir Wednesday morning when she insisted that abortion rights and current economic problems are intertwined during a TV interview with MSNBC’s Morning Joe.
Her critics immediately accused the progressive voting rights activist of offering abortion as a way to combat the spiraling inflation that currently plagues Americans across the country.
The day before was when Abrams announced her upcoming virtual gig with Winfrey.
“I’m excited to join an extraordinary storyteller and my friend, [Oprah Winfrey]for a talk about these historic elections, the #UnfinishedBusiness we have here in Georgia, and how we can write the next greatest chapter in our state’s history,” the former state legislator wrote on Twitter.
Democratic governor candidate Stacey Abrams revealed she would virtually campaign with superstar talk show host Oprah Winfrey on Thursday night
Abrams’ campaign managed to pull in more dollars than Kemp’s for much of the race, despite most polls showing she was one or more points behind the Republican incumbent.
Her campaign announced earlier this month that it raised $36 million in the third quarter, increasing to about $85 million over the course of the campaign.
Kemp brought in $28.7 million in the third quarter according to US News and World Report, for a total of about $60 million during the race.
Abrams was asked on Morning Joe Wednesday: “I assume, perhaps incorrectly, but while abortion is a problem, it doesn’t reach the level of interest of voters anywhere in terms of the cost of gas, food, bread, milk, that sort of thing. ..what could you as governor do to allay the concerns of Georgian voters about the livability, daily, hourly problems they face?’
Abrams turned the conversation back to abortion rights, arguing that whether or not having a child is as much an economic issue as it is a reproductive issue.
“Let’s be clear — having kids is why you’re concerned about your gas price, it’s why you’re concerned about how much food costs,” the Georgia Democrat said.
“For women, this is not a limiting issue. You cannot separate the forced carrying of an unwanted pregnancy from the economic reality of having a child.’
Abrams (pictured at the ONE MusicFest 2022 in Atlanta on Oct. 8, 2022) told MSNBC Wednesday morning that abortion rights cannot be “separated” from economic issues
Across the country, Democrats found new hope in the otherwise bleak medium-term outlook in November as voters across the country voiced outrage and opposition to the Supreme Court’s quashing of Roe v. Wade in June.
Since then, 12 states have banned abortion. Georgia currently has a so-called “Heartbeat bill” banning the procedure after six weeks.
“This is a both/and conversation, we don’t have the luxury of reducing or separating them,” Abrams said.
“Women, half the population, of childbearing age – they understand that having a child is definitely an economic issue.”
She added: “Only politicians see it as just another cultural conversation. It’s a really biologically and economically imperative conversation that women have to have.’
She also listed how a governor could deal with rising family costs while poking fun at her opponent, Republican Governor Brian Kemp.
‘A governor can appeal house prices. A governor can address the cost of education. A governor can put money in the pockets of ordinary hardworking Georgians instead of giving tax cuts to the rich,” Abrams said.
Protesters march past the United States Capitol during the annual Women’s March in Support of Women’s Rights in Washington, D.C., Oct. 8, 2022
Former Trump press secretary Kayleigh McEnany responded to Abrams’ sentiments on Twitter: “This is really sick! Unbelievable…’
‘Wait a second, [Stacey Abrams] believe and want you to believe that an abortion is a good way to reduce the cost of gas and food? DAMN!’ wrote former Georgia Republican House hopeful Vernon Jones.
Atlanta-based minister and podcast host Darrell B. Harrison added that Abrams “makes Margaret Sanger look like Mother Teresa.”
Newsweek editor Josh Hammer dismissed her comments as “positively creepy.”
For most of this year, polls have shown Kemp to lead Abrams for the Nov. 8 race. However, the Republican’s narrow margin has given hope to Democrats, who are also fighting an uphill battle to keep one of the state’s Senate seats to be reelected this year.
According to Wednesday’s latest calculation by poll aggregator FiveThirtyEight, Kemp still has an average of 50.6 percent support compared to Abrams’ 44.9 percent.
Of the 13 studies from mid-September to earlier this week, Kemp beats Abrams in each study by margins ranging from 1 point to 10.