Stacey Abrams says governor's race is 'urgent moment' for voters during Columbus stop
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams implored voters to turn out at an “urgent moment” for Columbus and Georgia, promising to expand Medicaid and veto any anti-LGBTQ legislation if she’s elected.
Abrams spoke for roughly 19 minutes Friday morning at midtown restaurant Jarfly before taking questions from audience members and reporters for roughly half an hour. Her visit wrapped a busy week in Columbus politics that saw incumbent Gov. Brian Kemp, Republican gubernatorial candidate David Perdue and Republican senate Candidate Herschel Walker make stops in the Columbus area.
Abrams, the only Democrat in the 2022 governor’s race, is looking to avenge a narrow 2018 defeat to Kemp. Voters, she said, must “overwhelm the system” to combat recent election law changes and proposed voting bills in the state legislature.
“We are going to use the 2022 primary to test out the system to understand what it means,” she said. “This is going to exacerbate the big lie, and it’s going to make it harder and harder to recruit and retain election workers in what will likely be the single highest turnout of a midterm in Georgia history.”
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