Stacey Abrams says she’ll be president by 2040

Five Thirty Eight ^ | January 31, 2020 | Clare Malone

[GuavaCheesePuff]

Back in November, right before Thanksgiving, I traveled to Georgia to talk with Stacey Abrams as part of FiveThirtyEight’s “When Women Run” project. The 46-year-old former minority leader of the Georgia House made waves in 2018 during her bid to become the nation’s first black woman governor. Abrams lost the election by 1.4 percentage points, but rather famously refused to concede defeat (while acknowledging she would not be recognized as the official winner), saying that her opponent, Brian Kemp, the white Republican secretary of state, had waged a concerted voter suppression campaign aimed predominantly against black voters. Since 2018, Abrams has focused her efforts on Fair Fight, a group she formed to promote fair elections, but she’s often brought up in the news as a potential presidential running mate. We sat down at a restaurant near her office to talk about that speculation — and her own presidential ambitions, which she admitted to openly — and what it’s been like for her to be a single black woman in politics.

[KevinB]

That fat slob won’t even still be alive in 2040.

[Leep]

High blood pressure , due to morbid obesity, sometime makes people say crazy things.

[mikey_hates_everything]

I wonder if she noticed that the word “women” behind her is as fat as she is.

[LambSlave]

She’s far more likely to be 400 pounds by 2040 than President.

Even if she could somehow lose that much weight over the next few years, I'm sure she'd gain it back by 2040.

[trisham]

There’s a reason that people are considered “morbidly obese”.

https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/highland/bariatric-surgery-center/questions/morbid-obesity.aspx

[fieldmarshaldj]

Do you have your “Scaty 2040” button, yet, Puffy ?

[Feckless]

Gives me plenty of time to work on my Yo Prezdent So Fat... Jokes.

[MotorCityBuck]

Wilford Brimley sez “Watch out for the Diabettus”

[GnuThere]

Who has ordained this gap-toothed hippo the future of the Dim party, Oprah?
Her hubris is amazing. Although I don’t deny that given demographics, I can see why the media and the entirety of the advertising world will try to make it so.

[trebb]

Of what - Honduras?

[from occupied ga]

She’s far more likely to be 400 pounds by 2040 than President.

So you think she'll lose weight between now and then?

[EinNYC]

Stacy in 2040:

[Sgt_Schultze]

Well, she would certainly take the record away from William Howard Taft, who at some 350 lbs, was the “stoutest” president

[Charles Martel]

She’ll be long dead from Diabeetus before then.

Yep, long dead. Wide dead, too.

[bert]

Her head’s so big her teeth don’t fit

[WillVoteForFood]

Thoughts and prayers for the guy with last name of President that Stacey intends to marry.

[mjp]

she looks like one of the maids my family had in the 60’s

[ataDude]

And, I’ll be dead by then... so that works out well. :o)

[Kickass Conservative]

Great, I’ll be dead by 2040.

[9YearLurker]

Meghan, is that you?