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Stacey Abrams said a recent ruling that the 2018 Georgia elections had not been “rigged” actually proves that the state’s GOP leadership operates a “racist system” as it declined to say whether it would admit defeat if they would lose again to Republican Governor Brian Kemp in November.
The Georgian Democrat is running for second consecutive run for Peach state governor, but still won’t immediately tell Fox News Sunday whether she believes her oft-repeated claims that she “won” Kemp’s 2018 election.
A federal judge ruled late last month against Abrams’ lawsuit alleging discrimination and voter suppression.
“There is a 288 page federal court order regarding the last three claims during our Fair Fight Action. We didn’t win the claims,” Abrams admitted in her interview with Fox News Sunday host Shannon Bream.
“But if you read the 288-page order, the federal judge has repeatedly said that Brian Kemp operated a racist, discriminatory system,” she claimed.
The Democratic gubernatorial candidate told Fox she has acknowledged Kemp’s victory, but declined to comment directly on her claims of a “rigged up” system.
Georgia’s Democratic governor candidate Stacey Abrams dodged questions about her claims that the 2018 election had been “stolen” after an Obama-era judge shot down her lawsuit for alleging voter suppression and discrimination in the United States. state – which led to hair loss
Clarifying her comments, she claimed that “I will win” had been taken out of context, saying she declared the election a victory for Pastor Al Shaprton’s National Action Network (NAN) group in efforts to promote more “marginalized and disadvantaged people”. groups’ and empower them to vote.
While the Democratic nominee has never directly questioned whether Kemp is the legal governor of Peach state, she has repeatedly said the election was “stolen from the people of Georgia.”
She would not say Sunday morning whether she would admit defeat this time if she loses again in her rematch against Kemp.
Abrams has also claimed voter suppression was responsible for her loss, saying it was “rigged” against her — a similar claim Donald Trump made after his loss in the 2020 presidential election.
In an interview with the New York Times, Abrams stated, “I won.”
Abrams admitted, however, that she could not “empirically prove her victory” because she continued to refuse to call Kemp the “legitimate” governor.
“I never denied that I lost. I don’t live in the governor’s mansion; I would have noticed,” Abrams said in an interview with ABC’s talk show The View last month.
Once seen as a rising star of the Democratic Party, Abrams has fallen out of favor since her defeat in 2018.
Abrams lost to Republican Governor Brian Kemp in the 2018 race, but claimed the election was “rigged” and said it was “stolen from the people of Georgia.” The two will reunite in November. Abrams says lawsuit proves ‘Brian Kemp operated a racist, discriminatory system’
She was criticized for posing maskless with a group of masked children and teachers at an elementary school in Georgia, when schools were still required to take COVID-19 precautions.
The criticism has not stopped Abrams from continuing to pursue national political office.
Kemp and Abrams have a rematch next month in a showdown outside the governor’s mansion in Georgia.
The Georgia governor’s race is considered “leaning red,” according to the Cook Political Report, leaving Kemp far from a shoe-in but still likely to beat Abrams for the second time in a row.
Kemp consistently has a 5-6 percent lead over Abrams.
Abrams was defeated after her lawsuit over alleged discriminatory and oppressive electoral practices in the state was shot. The legal action was initially filed in November 2018, shortly after her defeat.
US District Court Judge Steve Jones issued a 288-page injunction in late September in favor of Georgian Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger.
“This is a victory for all election officials in Georgia who are dedicating their lives to safe, secure and accessible elections,” Raffensperger said in a statement on Sept. 30.
“Stolen election and voter suppression claims by Stacey Abrams were nothing but poll-tested rhetoric unsupported by facts and evidence.”
Abrams insists Sunday morning that her concern is that voter suppression could lead to another defeat as marginalized communities, primarily poor and black voters, are denied access to votes in the state.
“In Georgia – the last gubernatorial primary versus now – there is a net increase of 763,380 voters. That sounds like the opposite of voter suppression,” Fox News’ Shannon Bream told Abrams on Sunday.
“Voter suppression isn’t about turnout, it’s about the barriers and obstacles to entry,” she retorted.
“Voter oppression is when it’s hard to register, stay on the list, cast a vote and make that vote count,” Abrams explains. “And in the state of Georgia, we’ve proven enough — and more and more voters are having a hard time with that.”