The Last Chance Of Freedom

Stacey Abrams was repeatedly praised as a "Bold progressive" with an "Unapologetically left" agenda during her failed gubernatorial campaign in 2018.

Astead Herndon's most recent piece in the New York Times suggests the Stacey Abrams rebranding effort is well underway.

The media coverage of the 2018 campaign, for example, was rather emphatic in terms of promoting Abrams as an example of how Democrats could find success by rejecting moderation.

The Times published an opinion piece in May 2018 arguing that Abrams could "Change the way Democrats win in the South." Emory University professor Alan Abramowitz noted that Abrams "Ran as an outspoken progressive" in the Democratic primary and was endorsed by socialist senator Bernie Sanders.

Abrams was featured in a September 2018 opinion piece on the "Rise of black progressives" who are "Unapologetically left" and have "Rejected the idea that [they need] centrist Democrats to win." In October 2018, Politico celebrated the "Year of the Black Progressive" by examining how Abrams and other "Bold progressive" candidates were "Winning Democratic nominations not despite being progressive, but precisely because they're running to the left of their competition to have a shot at winning white liberals."

The rebrand might have something to do with the fact that Abrams and other "Bold progressives" didn't fare so well in 2018.

If Abrams has to pretend to be a moderate to have any shot at winning, the media will be more than happy to oblige.

https://freebeacon.com/politics/stacey-abrams-rebrand/