The questioner, Jake Tapper, is a senior member of the establishment media. He normally does not put progressives on the spot or try to embarrass them. Repeated questioning of her, and her very careful wording of the answers, suggests the messaging is calculated and orchestrated. Tapper is not practicing journalism, he is playing a role in positioning the Abrams brand for the next campaign.
Stacy Abrams is now set up to play the role of victim until she runs for office again in the next election, Likely target is GOP Senator David Purdue who will be 70 in 2020. Expect her to be very visible in the Georgia and national media for the next two years talking about voter suppression and disenfranchising people of color.
Georgia will be a battleground state in 2020. The goal will be flipping a Senate seat and capturing the state’s electoral votes for President. Georgia has a very large minority population (40%). Trump won Georgia in 2016 with 51% of the vote, and by a lower margin than Rooney in 2012. Energize the block minority vote, and urban liberal white transplants in urban areas, and a 2-3% swing is very feasible. If a high profile minority like Kamala Harris, Eric Holder or Cory Booker is on the presidential ticket (president or VP). the incentive to vote only becomes higher.
Ok so everybody has to be black. They’re really scared that Trump is about to poach the black voters from the Democrat plantation.