Stacey Abrams MSNBC said Monday that President-elect Donald Trump's victory does not indicate a “seismic shift.”
“We keep forgetting what happened in November,” Abrams told MSNBC's Chris Hayes. “Yes, Donald Trump won the election, but it wasn't a landslide.”
“It was an evenly divided nation,” the twice-failed Georgia gubernatorial candidate said. “He got more people, but it wasn't the seismic shift where 57 or 58 percent of Americans said no.”
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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 the popular vote and the electoral college, Trump pledged to lead “America’s Golden Age” after launching “the greatest political movement of all time.”
A second presidential victory for the incoming Commander-in-Chief entailed a sweep of all contested states as well as a Republican majority in the House and Senate. In addition, Trump improved his share of the vote Across the country, starting in conservative areas but extending to deep Democratic states.
Vice President Kamala Harris congratulated Trump by phone the next morning and later delivered a concession speech at her alma mater, Howard University.
Many consider this feat a mandate from the American people, fed up with economic woes, the border crisis and a broken immigration system.
However, “less than 50 percent of voters said this is what we want,” Abrams said.
According to the Associated Press, Trump received 49.9% of the total national vote.
President-elect Donald Trump's victory does not signal a “seismic shift,” Stacey Abrams told MSNBC. (AP Photo/Jacqueline Martin; Brandon Bell/Getty Images)
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During the interview, Abrams also spoke about the legacy of the late President Jimmy Carter by discussing “decency” in politics. She implored Democrats to “expand decency” to attract more people to the party.
“I think fitness is a choice. It's a difficult choice, but when we look at it authentically, it has the effect of enhancing confidence and raising morale. It can't in itself be the only symptom and I think what we saw, unfortunately, with President Carter, is that When modesty faces shame, shame has a leg up because it is willing to do things that modesty cannot do, which does not mean that you abandon modesty.
She also said: “Our responsibility is to show those who have stayed home, who have remained silent, that there is a place for decency and a place for them,” she told Hayes. “That is the work to be done next.”
Abrams, a Democrat, made headlines after refusing to do so Recognition of the 2018 gubernatorial elections Against Republican Brian Kemp after losing by 60,000 votes. In 2019, Abrams said “we won” despite the final result and Kemp's inauguration, though she has since said she accepted the results in 2018.
She had also suggested that Kemp, as Secretary of State of Georgia, had enacted voter suppression policies.
Stacey Abrams, Democratic gubernatorial candidate in Georgia, speaks during an election night rally in Atlanta, Georgia, on Tuesday, November 8, 2022. Abrams surrendered to Gov. Brian Kemp on Tuesday in a rematch of the 2018 race, The Associated Press reported. (Dustin Chambers/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Abrams ran for election again Governor of Georgia She lost on November 8, 2022. Abrams, although not officially acknowledging her loss to Kemp, has been heralded as a symbol of electoral reform.
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Fox News' Paul Steinhauser contributed to this report.
