Former Democratic Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams fired back at President TrumpDonald John TrumpGary Cohn says Trump trade adviser the only economist in world who believes in tariffs House transportation committee chairman threatens to subpoena Boeing, FAA communication Pentagon sets new limits on transgender service members MORE on Thursday after he said it would be a “mistake” for her to run for Senate in 2020.
“I do not take political advice from Donald Trump,” Abrams told BuzzFeed’s Twitter morning show, “AM2DM.”
Trump on Wednesday weighed in on the possibility that Abrams, who gave the official Democratic response to his State of the Union address on Tuesday night, may challenge Sen. David Perdue (R-Ga.) in 2020, saying: “I think it’s a mistake for her to run against him because I don’t think she can win.”
Top Democrats in Georgia and nationally have been pushing Abrams to take on Perdue.
In her State of the Union response, she accused Trump of sowing division in the U.S. and called out racism in “the very highest offices” in politics.
On “AM2DM” on Thursday, Abrams also talked about progress on voting rights in Georgia in the months since the midterm elections.
“We know… that 71 percent of Georgians believe that we need to take some action, they’re very concerned about our voting machines,” Abrams told AM2DM.
“We know that there’s now a voting rights caucus at the Capitol that has bipartisan support and I’m very proud of that work,” she said, adding that the state is preparing to purchase new voting machines.
“This is a bipartisan push so I’m excited about that, but we’ve got a lot of work to do,” she added.
Abrams, who previously served as the Democratic leader of the Georgia General Assembly, lost a close gubernatorial race to Republican Brian Kemp, initially declining to concede after a number of allegations of voting irregularities.