Stacey Abrams says Trump’s reelection isn’t ‘a huge shift’ or ‘landslide victory’
Stacey Abrams told MSNBC on Monday that President-elect Donald Trump’s victory does not mean a “big shift.”
“We keep misremembering what happened in November,” Abrams told MSNBC’s Chris Hayes. “Yes, Donald Trump won the election, but it wasn’t a landslide victory.”
“This is a divided country,” said the two-time unsuccessful Georgia gubernatorial candidate. “He’s getting more people, but it’s not a seismic shift where 57 percent, 58 percent of Americans are rejecting it.”
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U.S. President-elect Donald Trump smiles during the Turning Point USA Festival at the Phoenix Convention Center in Phoenix, Arizona, on December 22, 2024. (Rebecca Noble/Getty Images)
Shortly after winning the popular vote and the Electoral College, Trump launched “the greatest political movement of all time” and vowed to lead “America’s Golden Age.”
A second presidential victory for the incoming commander-in-chief would mean a sweep of every battleground state and a Republican majority in the House and Senate. Additionally, Trump has increased his share of the vote across the country, starting in conservative areas and extending into heavily Democratic states.
Vice President Kamala Harris congratulated Trump on the phone the next morning before delivering a concession speech at her alma mater, Howard University.
Many see the feat as a mandate from the American people, who are tired of economic woes, border crises and a broken immigration system.
However, Abrams said, “less than 50 percent of voters say this is what we want.”
According to the Associated Press, Trump received 49.9% of the national vote.
Stacey Abrams said on MSNBC that President-elect Donald Trump’s victory does not mean a “big shift.” (AP Photo/Jacqueline Martin; Brandon Bell/Getty Images)
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During the interview, Abrams also reflected on the legacy of late President Jimmy Carter by discussing “decency” in politics. She implored Democrats to “broaden the boundaries of decency” and bring more people into the party.
“I think decency is a choice. It’s a difficult choice, but if viewed honestly, it has the effect of boosting confidence and boosting morale. It can’t be the only choice in and of itself, and I think unfortunately, we Saw this in President Carter, when decency is faced with shame, shame prevails because he’s willing to do things that decency wouldn’t do, but that doesn’t mean you give up decency.
She further argued, “Our responsibility is to maintain decency and let those who stay home and remain silent know that there is a place of decency and there is a place for them,” she told Hayes. “That’s what comes next.”
Democrat Abrams makes headlines after rejecting Admits defeat in 2018 gubernatorial election Republican Brian Kemp lost by 60,000 votes. In 2019, Abrams said “we won” even though the final vote count was the same as Kcamp’s inauguration, though she later argued that she had accepted the results in 2018.
She also suggested that Kemp institute voter suppression policies as Georgia secretary of state.
Georgia Democratic gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams speaks during an election night rally on Tuesday, November 8, 2022, in Atlanta, Georgia. Meuse lost to Gov. Brian Kemp in a rematch of the 2018 race on Tuesday. (Dustin Chambers/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Abrams ran again for governor of Georgia, but lost on November 8, 2022.
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Fox News’ Paul Steinhauser contributed to this report.
