The unmistakable profile. The finger jab in the air. The soaring calls to action. The legion of mobile phone-clutching admirers asking for selfies.
Despite the reminders that Stacey Abrams remains one of Georgia’s most prominent and compelling Democrats — exceeded perhaps only by U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock — it’s what she didn’t say to Glynn County Democrats during a recent speech in Brunswick that was most noteworthy.
There were no reflections on her two devastating election losses to Brian Kemp. No traces of agonizing soul-searching, second-guessing, or self-pity. No signs of seeking to reinvent herself, as American politicians and celebrities are often wont to do after public failure or humiliation.
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