Stacey Abrams, the Democrat who narrowly lost the Georgia gubernatorial race in 2018, said she believes race may have played a role in Democratic presidential hopeful Beto O'Rourke's rising popularity after his failed Senate run, she told MSNBC.
Stacey Abrams, the Democrat who narrowly lost the Georgia gubernatorial race in 2018, said she believes race may have played a role in Democratic presidential hopeful Beto O'Rourke's rising popularity after his failed Senate run, she told MSNBC on Wednesday.
In a Morning Consult poll released on Tuesday on 2020 Democratic primary contenders, O'Rourke scored 8 percent, tied with Sen. Kamala Harris and lagging Sen. Bernie Sanders' 25 percent. Former Vice President Joe Biden, who has yet to announce whether he will run for president, leads the pack with 35 percent.Abrams lost the Georgia gubernatorial election by 2 percentage points to Republican Gov. Brian Kemp.
Abrams said Wednesday she does not want to disparage or take away from the"legitimate" response people had to O'Rourke's campaign, but she questioned why she and Gillum were not"lifted up" in the same way after their campaigns. Abrams was also reported to be an early running mate for Biden, though she dismissed those rumors Wednesday on ABC's"The View."
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