'You're repeating disinformation': Stacey Abrams desperately tries to whitewash election rhetoric

During a segment with CNN anchor Kaitlan Collins, Stacey Abrams did her level best to rewrite her own history of election denial.

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Collins asked Abrams whether she “regrets” some of the language she used in the aftermath of her election loss, something Republican critics were quick to point out when Democrats made election denial a key aspect of their criticism of former President Donald Trump.

“I wonder if you have regrets about the language that you use, casting doubt on the outcome of that election in light of what we now see and how Republicans use that to bolster their defense of Trump’s claims of a stolen election,” the anchor asked.

“Well go back to elementary school again and use comprehension as the basis,” Abrams replied. “I acknowledge that Brian Kemp won that election. What I called into question was the process that was used, and courts agreed with us again and again during the overtime after Election Day and again afterwards, so much so that he actually signed legislation to fix some of the problems that we were able to reveal. I never once said that he did not win. What I said is that the process was flawed, and that’s why we had the Voting Rights Act in the United States. That’s why we have the Help America Vote Act. We know that sometimes we don’t get it right, and it takes calling out the mistakes to improve.”

However, Collins cited Abrams’ post-loss interview with the New York Times, specifically pointing out where she said “I won.”

“Well, I do remember the time you told The New York Times ‘I won.’ You did describe it as a stolen election. The courts did side with the Secretary of State, Brad Raffensperger, and so–” Collins said before being cut off.

“Kaitlin, that’s actually incorrect,” Abrams butted in. “And normally I wouldn’t cut you off, but you’re repeating disinformation. What the court said, if you read the entire opinion was that despite the flaws in the process, that we acknowledge, that the courts acknowledge, they were no longer permitted to complete and fix them. They could not correct the mistakes because the law had changed between 2018 and 2022 when the case was finally adjudicated. There was never a moment where they said what happened was right. What they said was there was no capacity to correct the mistakes. And so it’s important that we not only use the headlines, but we read the fine print because that’s where the mistakes are made. That’s where the challenges are.”

“I believed then, and I believe now… I have never been the governor of Georgia,” she continued. “I have never claimed to be the governor of Georgia. What I have said is that voters were denied their full rights. Courts agreed with me in the time of that election. They agreed with me post-election. The state made changes to the flaws. Some of them, unfortunately, too many of them have been restored in different ways. And we continue to face voter suppression not only in Georgia but around the country because Republicans are using the ability to change the laws, because we no longer have the protection of the Voting Rights Act, to make it harder for average voters to show up at the polls and have their votes counted. That should be the that’s should be where our focus is.”

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