Georgia Democrat Stacey Abrams stepped onto the biggest stage of her political career to deliver her party's rebuttal to Trump's State of the Union address. AP file pictureStacey Abrams harnessed the frustration of Democrats on Tuesday with a sharp rebuke of President Donald Trump for abandoning working Americans and fomenting partisan and cultural discord. "The shutdown was a stunt engineered by the President of the United States, one that defied every tenet of fairness and abandoned not just our people, but our values," Abrams said. Stacey AbramsIn choosing Abrams to deliver the Democratic response to Trump, party leaders acknowledged the power and influence of women — especially black women — in anchoring the Democratic base. But last fall, as he advocated for Kemp, the president called Abrams "unqualified" for statewide office.

Source: The Telegraph February 06, 2019 09:45 UTC