Stacey Abrams’s New Strategy for Democrats
In her response to the president’s State of the Union address, the former Georgia legislator pushed voting rights to the heart of her party’s agenda.
Live from Atlanta, Stacey Abrams delivered the Democratic response to the State of the Union address, standing in front of a slowly swaying group of people in which women and minorities were notably represented. The former Georgia House minority leader and the Democratic nominee for Georgia’s governor in the 2018 election began with a story of her parents’ dedication to faith and education, and called for a “renewed commitment to social and economic justice.”
In a brief speech lauded by Democrats, Abrams succeeded in elevating an event that
