Only a fool like Jen Psaki would be willing to hold an interview with two-time failed Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams. The two recently sat down together to discuss the unpopularity of current Vice President Kamala Harris.
Abrams recently blamed the low favorability ratings of Vice President Kamala Harris on “racism” and gender bias during an interview with MSNBC’s Jen Psaki. The June poll from NBC News revealed that 49 percent of registered voters expressed a negative opinion of Harris compared to 32 percent who had a positive outlook, leaving her with a net favorability rating of -17, the lowest mark achieved by a vice president in history.
Psaki asked Abrams if she believes that Harris would have been receiving these same critiques if she was a white man. To this, Abrams replied affirmatively, arguing that racism and misogyny remain prevalent in our politics and set different expectations for traditional white male vice presidents.
She praised Harris for responding with poise despite the scrutiny she has faced throughout her time in office.
When questioned about her own political ambitions, Abrams refused to rule out yet another run for office in the future. According to her, politics is part of what she does and is one of the tools she uses to do work supporting small businesses and defending diversity, equity and inclusion as well as rewiring America on electrifying everything.
When discussing why politics is part of what she does she said: “My approach is to do the work… The work that I do supporting small businesses and defending diversity, equity and inclusion. The work I’m doing with rewiring America on electrifying everything. All of those are facets to get to what I believe in most importantly, which is that we should have the right to succeed, the freedom to be successful, the freedom to dream of what can be.”
For now though, Abram is focusing on other tools instead but kept open the possibility of running again someday down the line.
