Posted on 04/22/2020 7:39:24 PM PDT by MarvinStinson
CBS This Morning anchor and Barack Obama donor Gayle King gushed over Georgia Democrat Stacey Abrams on Tuesday morning, saying the former state legislator and failed gubernatorial candidate is "extremely qualified" to be vice president of the United States.
Abrams is openly lobbying to serve as Joe Biden's running mate come November, despite never being elected to any office beyond the state legislature. As she touted her voting rights work and "competence and skills and willingness to serve," King cut in to praise her as ready to be a heartbeat away from the presidency.
"That's a great nuts and bolts answer because everybody knows you're extremely qualified," King said. "I'm looking for something about Stacey Abrams the person. Why is she a good choice and have you had any talks at all with the Biden team?"
Abrams said she had communicated with the Biden team on improving voting infrastructure. She added that she would continue to focus on election reform, whether she is tapped as his running mate or not.
King has not let her role as a journalist stop her from publicly championing her friends within Democratic and liberal circles, such as Sen. Cory Booker (D., N.J.), Barack and Michelle Obama, and Oprah Winfrey. She is so close with Booker that she joked in 2012 that "no boinking" had occurred when the two hung out for an evening. She also donated $35,800 to the Obama Victory Fund in 2011 before she joined CBS News that same year.
She admitted in a Washington Post profile last year that she would not betray one of her friendships to get a scoop. For instance, she said she knew Booker would run for president before he officially announced it, but she didn't break the story. King vacationed in 2017 with the Obamas, but she has claimed that her recreational trips were "not political" and thus not unethical.
Abrams has never held a position higher than House minority leader in the Georgia legislature, but she frequently expresses eagerness to run on the 2020 presidential ticket. She became a national Democratic star after her narrow loss in the 2018 Georgia governor's race, which she has blamed on disputed claims of voter suppression.
She told Elle magazine in an article published April 15 that her credentials for vice president included "25 years in independent study of foreign policy."
Outside of her political career, Abrams is a noted romance novelist, publishing several books under the pen name "Selena Montgomery." CBS is currently adapting one of her novels, Never Tell, into a TV drama.
Biden has pledged to choose a woman as his running mate. He's also reportedly considering Michigan governor Gretchen Whitmer (D.) and Sens. Amy Klobuchar (D., Minn.), Kamala Harris (D., Calif.), and Elizabeth Warren (D., Mass.), among others.
Something I deposit in my toilet bowl , daily , is more qualified
Not in my book she isn’t! Maybe dog catcher maybe..
Ah, c’mon FRiend Bullish ... yes, Abrams looks a lot like Aunt Jemima.
But Aunt Jemima was a nice old lady who loved to feed nourishing breakfasts to happy, satisfied folks.
Abrams is just a garden variety left-wing harpy. I doubt she can even boil water, much less cook pancakes.
The powers that be have decided to anoint this woman a political star regardless of her qualifications and cram her down our throats at every opportunity. Excuse the visual.
If it’s not VP, she’ll be in charge of HUD or Press Secy or something else completely over her head if they cheat enough to win. Thankfully unlikely.
As my dad said Gayle King is only the anchor of CBS Morning News because of her relationship with Oprah. She is dumber than a box of rocks...and I insulted rocks...
Those gat teeth look like a third eye like the Twilight Zone soda jerk.
We dodged a bullet in Georgia that she did not become governor.
She’d need an M88A2 to pry that poor chair off her a$$.
I swear there’s a Cyclops inside her mouth trying to get out!
Abrahms is as much of a house negro as Aunt Jemima ever was.
She disgusts me.
Her only qualification is that she is Black and a racist. That is qualification in the Democrat party and with their propaganda wing the MSM.
Stacey Abrams and Andrew Gillum.
Which is more qualified to lead the US?
Someone who can’t even govern her own body is not qualified to govern anything else.
She checks two AA boxes which is all that matters.
She’s no Donald Trump.
“CBS Anchor Tells Stacey Abrams Shes Extremely Qualified to Be Vice President”
she’s certainly qualified to run as Biden’s VP, after all shes got a proven track record of losing, which is perfect for a Biden ticket, plus losing again would only enhance her perfect record as a loser ...
Or she got trapped by her gravitational pull.
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