DEMS/ELECTION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump said Stacey Abrams, the Democrat who offered a rebuttal to his State of the Union address, wouldn’t win if she ran for the Senate or president in 2020. In an interview with regional reporters at the White House on Wednesday [2-6-19], the president pushed back against calls for Abrams to run for office again after her loss for Georgia governor, calling the notion ‘a mistake.’ After Abrams’ 10-minute address that followed Trump’s remarks, calls intensified for her to try and run again for public office. Her campaign during the November midterms drew national attention due to her successes in getting Democratic voters to the polls in a primarily red state. Abrams, 45, told USA TODAY in December that she will ‘certainly run for office again’ after her loss to Republican Brian Kemp and many have eyed the Senate seat held by David Perdue, a first-term Republican who is up for reelection in 2020, as one of most likely possibilities. But while the president noted her successes in her 2018 campaign, he didn’t think she had a shot.”
–Christal Hayes, “Donald Trump says Stacey Abrams would lose in Senate, presidential races,” USA Today, February 6, 2019 6:44 pm