Democrat Stacey Abrams on Sunday dismissed criticism that she did not properly concede the 2018 race for Georgia governor to Republican Brian Kemp.
Abrams, who is now running for governor again in a rematch against Kemp, discussed a 2019 video of her saying she had “won” the race during an appearance on Fox News Sunday.
“I am clearly laying out the challenges that our voters face and the challenges our citizens face when we do not have a government that listens to them,” Abrams said of the video. “I acknowledged that Brian Kemp won — I acknowledged it repeatedly in that speech.”
“I very clearly say I know I’m not the governor, but what I will not do is allow the lack of nuance in our conversations to dull and obfuscate the challenges faced by our citizens,” she added.
Kemp defeated Abrams by more than 54,000 votes to become governor. Abrams has never formally conceded to Kemp and has claimed the 2018 election was “stolen from Georgians.”
Now, Kemp is leading Abrams by 6.4 percentage points, according to a RealClearPolitics polling average.
Abrams acknowledged to Yahoo News last month that Kemp won the election in 2018 “but I will never say that a system that is broken — that denied people their right to vote — is the right thing to have in the state and as part of democracy.”
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