Stacey Abrams Says She Did Not ‘Challenge the Outcome’ of the Georgia Gubernatorial Election

Democrat Stacey Abrams responded to a question about not conceding to Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp (R) during the 2018 governor’s race, saying she did not “challenge the outcome.”

MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow noted Thursday night when Abrams “so narrowly lost,” she was “contentious about the loss.”

Maddow added, “Saying that you didn’t necessarily think it had been a fair fight.”

Abrams explained, “On the 16th of November when I acknowledged that I would not become governor, that he had won the election, I did not challenge the outcome of the election unlike some recent folks did.”

She appeared to be referencing former President Donald Trump’s efforts to challenge the 2020 election results.

Abrams continued, “What I said was that the system was not fair, and leaders challenge systems. Leaders say we can do better. And that’s what I declared.”

The Democrat suggested she “could not in good conscience say that in order to protect my political future I’m going to be silent about the political present, which is that we have a system under a leader that sought to keep people from casting their ballot, that threw those ballots out, that said that voter suppression was a viable tactic for winning elections.”

Following the 2018 election, Abrams made it clear