Today, Stacey Abrams, a Democrat announced that she will be running again for Governor of Georgia. She said she was running “because opportunity in our state shouldn’t be determined by ZIP code, background or access to power.” Well, it’s good that she believes that folks who don’t have the access to Democratic power like she does get to run as well.
But her announcement came as a surprise to some who — based on her word — thought she already was governor.
Didn’t she tell us that she won back in 2018? Why is she now announcing her candidacy? Shouldn’t she be busy governing? I’m so confused!!
Although Abrams did lose the Georgia governor race in 2018, she has not conceded. But her failure to concede and subsequent attacks on the process of her election at every turn weren’t an “attack on democracy” — because she’s a Democrat. Democrats have the right to criticize elections. Republicans do not.
Now, of course, I’m being cynical, but that does seem to be the way that media approaches it. Hillary Clinton and Abrams both questioned the results of the election, but they were never criticised by liberal media. They were even praised for their questioning of the electoral results.
Here’s a collection of her comments in the past year about President Donald Trump, juxtaposed with her comments about her election in 2018.
Stacey Abrams: The Real Big Lie. pic.twitter.com/lgwdwqyCyR
— Stephen Lawson (@StephenLawson_) December 1, 2021
As recently as October, when Abrams was campaigning for Terry McAuliffe in Virginia, she said, “I come from a state where I was not entitled to become the governor, but as an American citizen and a citizen of Georgia, I’m going to fight for every person who has the right to vote to be able to cast that vote.” Even McAuliffe echoed that, saying “1.4 million voters” had been “disenfranchised” — otherwise, “she would be governor today.”
Abrams wasn’t “entitled” to become governor because she lost, as simple as that, whether she wants to accept it or not. McAuliffe is not the only reason McAuliffe should have lost. Perhaps the best skewering of Abrams’ delusion regarding her election and the lie about voter suppression came via a grilling by Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) in April.
FLASHBACK to April 2021: Sen. Ted Cruz gets “Governor” Stacey Abrams to admit the 2018 Georgia gubernatorial election was stolen.
Cruz: “Yes, or no? Do you still believe that the election of 2018 was stolen?”
Abrams: “The election was stolen from the Georgian voters.” pic.twitter.com/PatNTD0e57
— Steve Guest (@SteveGuest) December 1, 2021
Reminder: Abrams lost more than 50,000 ballots and there wasn’t voter suppression.
Brian Kemp won the 2018 race with a large Republican support. However, he has lost a lot support from Republicans since that time and his fight with Donald Trump about the Georgia election results. It is possible that he may not get the support of Republicans.
Kemp responded to Abrams’ announcement, tweeting the following today:
Georgia would have collapsed if Stacey Abrams was in charge. All students in Georgia would have been expelled from school and woke politics would become the law of land. Her far-left agenda of open borders, gun confiscation, high taxes, and anti-law enforcement policies don’t reflect who we are as Georgians. Stacey’s never-ending campaign for power has already hurt Georgia businesses and cost our state millions – all in service to her ultimate ambition of becoming President of the United States. Next November’s election for Governor is a battle for the soul of our state. I’m in the fight against Stacey Abrams, the failed Biden agenda, and their woke allies to keep Georgia the best place to live, work, and raise a family.
Now that she’s announced, that’s likely to reunite Republican folks in Georgia to stand against her, and it may not be with Kemp. Vernon Jones said that he was running to challenge Kemp. The Republicans are expected to come out forceful against Kemp.
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