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Stacey Abrams 'absolutely' wants to run for president one day, but says she'd accept a VP slot in 2020
ABC "News" ^ | February 17, 2020 | By Quinn Scanlan

Posted on 02/17/2020 8:30:52 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer

Stacey Abrams, the former Georgia gubernatorial candidate who's now focusing on tackling voter suppression head on, said she "absolutely" sees herself running for president one day, but for the 2020 cycle, she "would be honored" to run for vice president with whoever the Democratic nominee is.

"Why should we not want someone to have the power to fix the problems and the brokenness that we have?" Abrams told the hosts of ABC's "The View." "I want to do good, and there is no stronger platform than president of the United States. And that's a position I want to one day hold."

There's been a lot of veep buzz around Abrams, who served as minority leader in the Georgia House of Representatives. She said if asked, she would join the Democratic ticket -- but added that no one has asked her, yet.

"It would be doing a disservice to every woman of color, every woman of ambition, every child who wants to think beyond their known space for me to say no or to pretend, 'Oh, no, I don't want it,'" she said. "Of course I want it. Of course I want to serve America. Of course I want to be a patriot and do this work."

And perhaps bolstering her chances of being picked by any of the candidates running, Abrams declined to endorse one candidate over the other, saying her "job right now is to fix our democracy" by ensuring everyone who's eligible to vote, can.

"My best service is to be in that neutral space where it's not about who the nominee is -- it's about making sure no matter who the nominee is, any person who wants to go and vote, can vote," she said. "That's what we're doing through Fair Fight 2020."

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Georgia
KEYWORDS: election2020; georgia; jenniferrubin; socialist; staceyabrams
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

She should focus on paying back the $170,000.00 in credit card debt she undoubtedly recklessly accrued.


21 posted on 02/17/2020 8:39:00 AM PST by bramps (It's the Islam, stupid!)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Those in hell want ice water too.


22 posted on 02/17/2020 8:39:54 AM PST by jazusamo (Have You Donated to Keep Free Republic Up and Running?)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Stacy should get used to disappointment.


23 posted on 02/17/2020 8:40:50 AM PST by Brilliant
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Perhaps she should just run....as in exercise.


24 posted on 02/17/2020 8:42:20 AM PST by ealgeone
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To: gathersnomoss
My brother used to tell a joke.

Philosophy is a science which has questions for which there are no answers.

Mathematics is a science which has answers for which there are no questions. That's Stacey.

25 posted on 02/17/2020 8:44:20 AM PST by Vigilanteman (The politicized state destroys aspects of civil society, human kindness and private charity.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
Or as in the immortal words of the Kingfish to his beloved wife Sapphire.....”How Now Brown Cow” ( Legendary Amos and Andy show)
26 posted on 02/17/2020 8:46:06 AM PST by shadeaud (Stand up and be proud that you are Americans regards of color)
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To: gathersnomoss

Big negative.......she cant fit in an AF two seat.


27 posted on 02/17/2020 8:48:26 AM PST by Liz (Our side has 8 trillion bullets; the other side doesn't know which bathroom to use.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Git in line behind the oven mitt fashionista and Big Mike


28 posted on 02/17/2020 8:48:39 AM PST by Steven Tyler
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
Why should we not want someone to have the power to fix the problems and the brokenness that we have?

It worked great in Germany.

29 posted on 02/17/2020 8:51:27 AM PST by Campion (What part of "shall not be infringed" don't they understand?)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Stacy is going to learn about mean Americans when she does that.


30 posted on 02/17/2020 8:53:10 AM PST by Vermont Lt
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To: Campion
It worked great in Germany.

And the Soviet Union.

31 posted on 02/17/2020 8:53:24 AM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

abrams/120mm


32 posted on 02/17/2020 8:54:45 AM PST by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Stacy Abrams: Voter suppression is when people vote for the other candidate.


33 posted on 02/17/2020 8:55:11 AM PST by RDasher ("El Nino is climate, La Nina is weather")
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To: dead

LOL!


34 posted on 02/17/2020 8:55:32 AM PST by Lizavetta
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To: RDasher

They believe they have a “mandate from the masses” and that elections are just a “bourgeois trick”.


35 posted on 02/17/2020 8:58:28 AM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

She’d have a new career if they did a Ghostbusters remake with an all-black cast. She could be the chocolate Stay-Puft Marshmallow Mammy stomping through mid-town Atlanta........


36 posted on 02/17/2020 8:59:51 AM PST by Viking2002 (There's a little Al Bundy in all of us. And we vote.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

What makes that racist pig think that anyone would vote for her?


37 posted on 02/17/2020 9:00:03 AM PST by rlmorel (Finding middle ground with tyranny or evil makes you either a tyrant or evil. Often both.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Swell, we get to hear “They stole the election” when she loses in a landslide and refuses to concede 4 well forever-


38 posted on 02/17/2020 9:05:38 AM PST by Bob434
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Really, Stacey;
You ‘will accept’ off for the VP position?
Has your phone been ringing with serious offers?
I tend to doubt it.

Everybody thinks that you still believe you won the
Governors Race.

Go fix yourself another Mayonaise Sandwich.


39 posted on 02/17/2020 9:06:53 AM PST by lee martell
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To: Liz

If she declined her seat, the nose would go up


40 posted on 02/17/2020 9:09:10 AM PST by Kozy (new age haruspex; "Everyone has a plan 'till they get punched in the mouth.")
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