Stacey Abrams said Monday on MSNBC that President-elect Donald Trump’s victory doesn’t represent 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 won more people, but it wasn’t an earth-shattering change where 57, 58 percent of Americans said no, said the Georgia gubernatorial candidate, who lost twice.
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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 popular vote and the Electoral College, Trump promised to lead “America’s golden age” after launching “the greatest political movement of all time.”
The incoming leader’s second presidential victory meant sweeping every battleground state and also giving Republicans a majority in the House and Senate. Moreover, Trump improved his vote share across the country, starting in conservative areas but moving on to deeply Democratic states.
Vice President Kamala Harris congratulated Trump over the phone the next morning and later gave a concession speech at her alma mater, Howard University.
Many believe this feat was the responsibility of the American people, fed up with economic problems, a border crisis and a broken immigration system.
But Abrams said, “Less than 50 percent of the electorate said that’s what we want.”
According to the Associated Press, Trump received 49.9% of the total vote in the country.
Stacey Abrams said on MSNBC that President-elect Donald Trump’s victory did not represent a “seismic shift.” (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin;; Brandon Bell/Getty Images)
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During the interview, Abrams also addressed the legacy of the late President Jimmy Carter, discussing “decency” in politics. She implored Democrats to “expand the boundaries of decency” to attract more people to the party.
“I think decency is a choice. It’s a difficult choice, but if you look at it authentically, it has the effect of boosting your self-confidence and morale. It can’t be the only offer in and of itself, and I think what we’ve seen unfortunately with the president, Carter, when decency confronts disgrace, disgrace has the upper hand because he’s willing to do things that decency won’t do. This doesn’t mean you abandon decency.
She argued further: “We have a duty of decency to show those who stayed at home, those who stayed silent, that there is a place for decency and a place for them,” she told Hayes. “This is the work that needs to be done next.”
Abrams, a Democrat, made headlines after he refused he rejected the 2018 gubernatorial election to Republican Brian Kemp after losing by 60,000 votes. In 2019, Abrams stated that “we won” despite the end result and Kemp’s inauguration, although she has since claimed that she accepted the 2018 results.
She also suggested that Kemp, as Georgia’s secretary of state, implemented policies geared toward voter suppression.
Stacey Abrams, Democratic candidate for governor of Georgia, speaks during election night in Atlanta, Georgia, on Tuesday, November 8, 2022. Abrams conceded to Gov. Brian Kemp on Tuesday in a rematch of their 2018 race, the Associated Press reports. (Dustin Chambers/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Abrams ran for governor of Georgia again and lost on November 8, 2022. Abrams, although she never officially admitted defeat to Kemp, was hailed as an icon of electoral reform.
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Fox News’ Paul Steinhauser contributed to this report.
