Stacey Abrams clarifies timing on possible presidential run The Georgia Democrat spoke at the South by Southwest gathering and later tweeted about her plans. By Alex Seitz-Wald
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/stacey-abrams-clarifies-timing-possible-presidential-run-n981986
In an onstage interview at South by Southwest, the former minority leader of the Georgia Statehouse, said she had been keeping a spreadsheet mapping out her future since she was a young woman, which showed she would not ready to make a White House bid for another eight years.
“In the spreadsheet with all the jobs I wanted to do, 2028 would be the earliest I would be ready to stand for president because I would have done the work I thought necessary to be effective at that job,” Abrams said.
Abrams, who has built a national following, also said she thinks President Donald Trump is “racist,” “xenophobic,” and “homophobic,” but said Democrats should not focus too much on him.
“I think beating Donald Trump is the wrong mission. When you’re focused on your enemy, then you are ignoring your allies,” she said.
After several observers took Abrams’ comments to mean she was not weighing a White House bid at this time, her former campaign manager said those remarks referred to older plans, which have since changed.
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