{"id":2316065,"date":"2024-07-30T14:15:01","date_gmt":"2024-07-30T18:15:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/stacey-abrams-returns-to-georgia-to-back-kamala-harris\/"},"modified":"2024-07-30T14:17:55","modified_gmt":"2024-07-30T18:17:55","slug":"stacey-abrams-returns-to-georgia-to-back-kamala-harris","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/stacey-abrams-returns-to-georgia-to-back-kamala-harris\/","title":{"rendered":"Stacey Abrams returns to Georgia to back Kamala Harris"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fstacey-abrams-returns-to-georgia-to-back-kamala-harris%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2316065&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Stacey Abrams, a prominent Democratic figure and \u200dformer candidate for governor of Georgia, \u2062is set to return to \u2063the state to support Vice President Kamala Harris during a campaign event. The gathering, which will include notable\u2064 figures such as Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens, Senators Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff, and \u2062rapper Megan Thee\u2062 Stallion, marks\u200c Harris&#8217;s \u200b15th visit to Georgia since taking office. Abrams, who has become \u200da \u2064well-known political \u2062organizer following her advocacy\u200b around voting rights, has faced challenges since losing elections in 2018 and 2022,\u2064 but she \u200cremains \u2062influential in mobilizing voters. Currently, she serves as the endowed chair\u2064 for race and black politics at Howard University and \u200dis involved in various \u200cinitiatives. Despite a decline \u2063in her political visibility, some experts believe that her participation \u200cin this event\u2063 could enhance voter turnout for Harris, particularly against Donald Trump, who currently\u2064 has a slight lead in Georgia polls. The\u2064 campaign rally\u2063 presents an opportunity for Abrams to regain prominence after a period \u200bof relative quiet\u200c in her political career.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Stacey Abrams returns to Georgia to back Kamala Harris<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1716276\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Former Georgia political candidate and Democratic darling <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/stacey-abrams\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Stacey Abrams\">Stacey Abrams<\/a> is returning to the state Tuesday evening to campaign for Vice President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kamala-harris\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Kamala Harris\">Kamala Harris<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Abrams, who lost races in 2018 and 2022 to Gov. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/brian-kemp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Brian Kemp\">Brian Kemp<\/a> (R-GA), will join Harris at 7 p.m. Eastern time along with Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens, Sens. Raphael Warnock (D-GA) and Jon Ossoff (D-GA) and rapper Megan Thee Stallion, among others. It will be Harris&rsquo;s 15th visit to the Peach State since taking office.<\/p>\n<p>After serving for years in the state legislature, Abrams became a star in Democratic circles when she filed lawsuits over the 2018 Georgia governor&rsquo;s race results and even drew buzz as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/joe-biden-knows-he-messed-up-on-fracking-at-debate-and-is-now-doing-damage-control-the-daily-wire\/\" title=\"Joe Biden Knows He Messed Up On Fracking At Debate And Is Now Doing Damage Control | The Daily Wire\">vice presidential candidate<\/a> &mdash;&nbsp;a job that ultimately went to Harris &mdash;&nbsp;but has been relatively quiet since a 2022 rematch with Kemp, which she lost by nearly 300,000 votes.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m not sure why she is not saying as much as she used to,&rdquo; Spelman College professor Marilyn Davis recently told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>. &ldquo;It could be that it would galvanize more Trump voters in the state of Georgia. But this is, of course, a national effort that she has, but recently, say within maybe three weeks ago, she is going all out to bring together organizations that have the same goal as when John Lewis had the voter project back in the 1960s and &rsquo;70s.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Abrams is now the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/2097208\/stacey-abrams-joins-howard-university-as-endowed-chair-for-race-and-black-politics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"endowed chairwoman\">endowed chairwoman<\/a> for race and black politics at Washington D.C.&rsquo;s Howard University and working for a group looking to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/929604\/stacey-abrams-lands-job-at-left-wing-dark-money-group-behind-gas-stove-crackdown\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"crack down on gas stoves\">crack down on gas stoves<\/a>, so she may be spending less time in Georgia these days. Even so, she&rsquo;s respected as a political organizer who can help drive turnout in her home state, argues longtime University of Georgia political science professor Charles Bullock.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;If she can crank up the get-out-the-vote effort she operated in 2020, that could be very important for Harris&rsquo;s prospects in the state,&rdquo; Bullock said. &ldquo;That gets her people back up and mobilized.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Trump leads Harris in Georgia by 4.5 points in the <em>RealClearPolitics <\/em>polling <a href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearpolling.com\/polls\/president\/general\/2024\/georgia\/trump-vs-harris\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"average\">average<\/a>, but the two polls taken since she replaced Biden on the Democratic ticket have Trump up by only one or two points, suggesting a much closer race than before.<\/p>\n<p>There&rsquo;s little doubt that Abrams&rsquo; star power has fallen since 2020, when she drew mentions as a vice presidential candidate. Her claims of a stolen election have caused <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/679534\/white-house-press-secretary-rejects-comparing-her-election-skepticism-to-trumps\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"awkward questions\">awkward questions<\/a> for Democrats since Trump began claiming his own 2020 race was rigged, and her Fair Fight Action group has been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/2828298\/stacey-abrams-debt-laying-off-staff-bad-news-dems\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"laying off staff\">laying off staff<\/a> in the midst of significant debt.<\/p>\n<p>As such, some politicos argue the rally spot could be an even bigger opportunity for Abrams than it is for Harris. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m sure that the Harris ticket is a way to try and resurrect herself from the politically dead,&rdquo; said former Georgia Republican congressman Bob Barr. &ldquo;She had basically faded into irrelevance after her losses and all of the money that she wasted. So this gives her an opportunity.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Still, Barr added that he thinks Georgia Democrats have done a better job in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rumors-amp-up-around-potential-pompeo-2024-white-house-run\/\" title=\"Rumors Amp Up Around Potential Pompeo 2024 White House Run\">recent election cycles<\/a> of getting their voters to the polls than Georgia Republicans have.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Hopefully the Republicans have learned from the last couple of cycles that they need to do a better job of identifying voters, registering voters, and getting them to the polls,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p>President Joe Biden won Georgia in 2020 by a margin of just 11,779 votes, or 0.23%. <\/p>\n<p>While Harris is expected to help connect with and drive turnout among Georgia&rsquo;s nonwhite voters, Bullock, who has been at UGA since 1968, said it&rsquo;s actually a different demographic group who may decide the state&rsquo;s election. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;White, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/winning-the-infrastructure-conversation-is-step-1-for-the-gop\/\" title=\"Winning The Infrastructure Conversation Is Step 1 For The GOP\">college-educated voters<\/a>,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;Looking again at those recent contests, those last couple of cycles, if Democrats can get 40% of the white, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pennsylvania-democrats-veer-hard-left\/\" title=\"Pennsylvania Democrats Veer Hard Left\">college-educated vote<\/a>, they can win. They don&rsquo;t need a majority, but they need about 40%.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Trump and his running mate, the embattled Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH), will host their own Atlanta rally on Saturday, just four days after Harris. <\/p>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1716276\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1716276\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stacey Abrams is making a return to Georgia on Tuesday evening to support Vice President Kamala Harris in her campaign efforts. Abrams, who faced defeats against Governor Brian Kemp (R-GA) in both 2018 and 2022, will appear alongside Harris at 7 p.m. Eastern time, along with Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens, Senators Raphael Warnock (D-GA) and Jon Ossoff (D-GA), and rapper Megan Thee Stallion, among others. This marks Harris&#8217;s 15th visit to Georgia since she took office. After years of service in the state legislature, Abrams gained prominence within Democratic circles by challenging the results of the 2018 gubernatorial election through legal action and was even considered as a vice presidential candidate\u2014an opportunity that ultimately went to Harris. However, she has been relatively low-profile since her rematch with Kemp in 2022, which she lost by nearly 300,000 votes.<\/p>\n<p>Marilyn Davis, a professor at Spelman College, recently commented on Abrams&#8217; reduced visibility: \u201cI\u2019m not sure why she is not saying as much as she used to&#8230; It could be that it would galvanize more Trump voters in Georgia.\u201d Despite this quieter phase for Abrams\u2014who now holds an endowed chair position focused on race and black politics at Howard University while also working with an organization addressing gas stove regulations\u2014she remains respected for her ability to mobilize voters in Georgia.<\/p>\n<p>Charles Bullock from the University of Georgia emphasized that if Abrams can replicate her successful voter turnout strategies from the 2020 elections, it could significantly benefit Harris&#8217;s chances in the state. Current polling shows Trump leading Harris by about four points; however recent surveys indicate a tighter race than previously expected.<\/p>\n<p>While some believe that Abrams&#8217; influence has waned since her high-profile moments during the last election cycle\u2014including claims regarding election integrity\u2014others see this rally as a chance for her political resurgence following past setbacks. Former Republican Congressman Bob Barr noted that this event might provide an opportunity for Abrams to regain relevance after facing challenges post-election losses.<\/p>\n<p>As Democrats aim to connect with nonwhite voters through Harris\u2019s presence at rallies like these, Bullock pointed out that white college-educated voters may actually play a crucial role in determining electoral outcomes moving forward. Meanwhile, Trump plans his own rally just days later on Saturday in Atlanta alongside his running mate Senator J.D. Vance (R-OH)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2635,"featured_media":2316066,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Stacey-Abrams-Joe-Biden.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[34153,4977,32438,36667,34385],"class_list":["post-2316065","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-campaign-event","tag-georgia","tag-kamala-harris","tag-political-support","tag-stacey-abrams"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Stacey-Abrams-Joe-Biden.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2316065","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2635"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2316065"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2316065\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2316066"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2316065"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2316065"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2316065"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}