Stacey Abrams hasn’t ruled out a White House bid, according to a new interview.
“It has been reported that you, while not running for Senate, are still potentially considering joining the ever-growing Democratic presidential field. Is that true?” “Pod Save America” host Dan Pfeiffer, former special adviser to former President Barack Obama, asked Abrams Thursday.
“Yes,” the 2018 Georgia Democratic gubernatorial candidate replied.
.@danpfeiffer “It has been reported that you are still considering joining the ever-growing democratic presidential field. Is that true?” @staceyabrams: “Yes.”
Stacey Abrams joins today’s Pod, out this afternoon: https://t.co/bKb0xcI0mY pic.twitter.com/42pxs22VFi
— Pod Save America (@PodSaveAmerica) May 9, 2019
Abrams has publicly changed her mind about running for president since her national profile exploded thanks to her race last year against now Republican Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp. Their contest was complicated with allegations of voter fraud. At the South by Southwest Festival in Austin, Texas, in March, Abrams said “2028 would be the earliest I would be ready to stand for president.” She later retracted her statement, tweeting later in the day that “2020 is definitely on the table.”
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., had been courting Abrams for a possible Senate campaign, given vulnerable Sen. David Perdue, R-Ga., is up for reelection in 2020. In April, she released a video on social media, in which she said “I do not see the U.S. Senate as the best role for me in this battle for our nation’s future.”
It was also reported in March former Vice President Joe Biden was in talks with Abrams about joining him as a running mate for his third attempt at winning the White House. She shot down those rumors in an interview with ABC’s “The View,” telling the daytime talk show, “I think you don’t run for second place.”
