In a clip posted to her X account on March 5, 2025, Stacey Abrams fended off attacks from Donald Trump. The president mentioned Abrams in his historic address to Congress and included her on a list of wasteful and corrupt spending his administration promises to end. Abrams cast his attack as justifying her activism and fended off allegations of corruption.
“$1.9 billion to recently-created decarbonization of homes committee headed up, and we know she’s involved, just at the last moment, the money was passed over by a woman named Stacey Abrams. Have you ever heard of her?” Trump said to thunderous applause. Abrams took to social media to post a rant in a vain attempt to shield herself from criticism.
“In last night’s state of the Union, President Trump attacked me to be honest, it was unexpected, but not a surprise, because this is exactly what petty tyrants do,” Stacey Abrams began. “But let me be clear, Donald Trump and his lackeys aren’t attacking me because I’ve done something wrong. They’re attacking me because I’ve done something right.”
“Republicans in Georgia and in the White House are terrified of voter engagement and the power of the people,” the democrat ranted. ” Why? Because they’re failing to deliver on their promises to protect and defend Americans. Trump and his complicit Republicans want to distract from their failures by targeting those of us who have the audacity to stand up and demand they’re scared of us, because we actually fight for the people, because we believe in We the People.”
“They’re afraid that we will show Americans and the world what’s right, not through insult, but through action. And yes, we’ve taken action. We’ve registered and turned out 1000s of Georgians. We’ve lowered energy prices for the working class and tackled the climate crisis that is gripping every part of our country,” she ranted.
That’s why they’re abusing their power to come after me, because we’ve shown we can deliver independent fact checkers who have repeatedly called these tax laws [out], but the lies are the point, this isn’t a new strategy. It’s the common playbook of authoritarians and authoritarians in waiting, and while I might be one of the first targets for their abuse and power, I will not be the last.
“That’s why we must not back down. Our country, our people, and our future are worth fighting for, and as I’ve always said, when we fight, we win,” Abrams unconvincingly argued. “So how do we fight back at this moment? First, we have to call out lies when they skew the truth. We can’t give them a pass. We have to forcibly, consistently push back. Second, we have to organize, louder, smarter, and together.”
They want us silent, discouraged and divided instead, we show up, we mobilize, and we bring more people into this movement to deliver for the people. Third, we engage. They wouldn’t work so hard to impress our voices if our votes didn’t matter. So we register,” she concluded. ” We turn out and we remind them that the power still belongs to the people, and that the government must serve the people, not the other way around. This fight isn’t just about. It’s about all of us, and if we stand together. I promise you, we win.
