Stacey Abrams said on MSNBC Monday that President-elect Donald Trump’s victory does not indicate a “seismic shift.”
“We keep misremembering what happened in November. Yes, Donald Trump won the election, but it wasn’t a landslide,” Abrams told MSNBC’s Chris Hayes.
“It was an evenly divided nation. He got more people, but this wasn’t a seismic shift where 57, 58 percent of America said no,” the two-time Georgia gubernatorial candidate said.
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US President-elect Donald Trump smiles during Turning Point USA’s AmericaFest at the Phoenix Convention Center on December 22, 2024 in Phoenix, Arizona. (Rebecca Noble/Getty Images)
Shortly after winning both the election and the electoral college, Trump promised to lead the “golden age of America” after launching “the greatest political movement of all time”.
The second victory of the incoming commander-in-chief in the presidential election entailed the conquest of all the states on the battlefield, as well as the conquest of the Republican majority in the House of Representatives and the Senate. Furthermore, Trump improved his share of the vote across the country, starting in conservative areas but spreading into deeply Democratic states.
Vice President Kamala Harris congratulated Trump by phone the next morning and later gave a concession speech at her alma mater, Howard University.
Many see this feat as a mandate from the American people, who are fed up with economic problems, the border crisis and a broken immigration system.
However, Abrams said, “Less than 50 percent of the electorate said this is what we want.”
According to the Associated Press, Trump received 49.9% of the total votes in the country.
Stacey Abrams said on MSNBC that President-elect Donald Trump’s victory does not indicate a “seismic shift.” (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin; Brandon Bell/Getty Images)
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During the interview, Abrams also referred to the legacy of the late President Jimmy Carter by talking about “decency” in politics. She asked Democrats to “broaden the scope of decency” to bring more people into the party.
“I think decency is a choice. It’s a hard choice, but one that, when seen authentically, has the effect of boosting confidence and boosting morale. It can’t be the only offer by itself, and I think what we saw, unfortunately, with President Carter, when if decency opposes shame—shame has the upper hand because it is willing to do things that decency will not do, abandon decency.”
She further argued, “It is our responsibility 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 told Hayes. “That’s the job to be done next.”
Abrams, a Democrat, made headlines after he refused recognize the 2018 gubernatorial election to Republican Brian Kemp after losing by 60,000 votes. In 2019, Abrams said “we won” despite the final tally and Kemp’s inauguration, though she has since claimed she accepted the 2018 results.
She also suggested that Kemp, as Georgia’s secretary of state, enacted voter suppression policies.
Georgia Democratic gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams speaks during a campaign night rally in Atlanta, Georgia, Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022. Abrams conceded to Gov. Brian Kemp on Tuesday in a rematch of their 2018 race, the Associated Press reported. (Dustin Chambers/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Abrams ran for re-election the governor of Georgia and lost on November 8, 2022. Despite never officially admitting her defeat to Kemp, Abrams has been heralded as an icon of electoral reform.
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Fox News’ Paul Steinhauser contributed to this report.
