Stacey Abrams Calls Georgia ‘Worst State In The Country’ While Running For Governor

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May 23, 2022

Democratic Gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams owns at least two houses in Georgia, yet for some reason, decided to dub the state she’s trying to get elected in as “the worst state in the country to live.”

Talk about bad optics – on Saturday, during a speech at the Gwinnett Democrats’ Bluetopia Gala in Norcross, Abrams had this to say about Georgia:

“I’m running for governor because I know that we have to have a conversation about who we are in this state and what we want for each other and from each other,” she said.

“I am tired of hearing about how we’re the best state in the country to do business when we are the worst state in the country to live,” she added.

Listen to the audio yourself here courtesy of Gwinnett Daily Post. 

Of course, Twitter users on both sides of the aisle were quick to call out Abrams for her brash comments. Mocking the “President of United Earth” for the latest round of her routine out-of-pocket remarks that aren’t expected to sit well with voters come the election.

Abrams is well on her way to rematching Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp, who defeated her four years ago. The Democrat notably never conceded, and still to this day rants and raves about how she won Georgia’s Gubernatorial race back in 2018.

Since then, Abrams has been caught on record making various other wild claims that question election integrity and Georgia’s local laws.

Perhaps her most prominent example of spreading misinformation was when she equated the state’s latest voting bill to “Jim Crow laws.” Which resulted in Major League Baseball moving its all-star game and draft out of Atlanta.

Abrams later released a statement denouncing that decision.

Typically Abrams’ rhetoric leads to the opposite of what she wants. So it’s fair to assume these comments from Saturday denouncing the state she hopes to eventually get elected in will come back to haunt her with even more unwanted consequences.

Abrams has since acknowledged that her opponents could use her statement at the Gwinnett Democrats’ Bluetopia Gala against her, so she doubled down in an attempt to clarify.

“Let me contextualize,” Abrams said. “When you’re No. 48 for mental health, when we’re No. 1 for maternal mortality, when you have an incarceration rate that is on the rise and wages are on the decline, then you are not the No. 1 place to live.”

Then she moved to attack Brian Kemp in a last-ditch attempt to link him to the reason why Georgia is the worst state to live in.

“Brian Kemp doesn’t care about our families or else he would be doing more to make sure that they were taken care of,” Abrams said. “Instead, in the midst of COVID, he passed a law to protect our companies but did nothing to protect our communities.”

As expected, many Georgians weren’t buying it. “Don’t let the door hit you where the good Lord split you,” said one user. “Stacy, please, we beg you, move to California,” said another.

Grab your popcorn folks, it will be fun to watch how this one backfires.

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