Analysis: Stacey Abrams would be a smart choice for Biden’s running mate. But would it be smart for Abrams?
By Eugene Scott Eugene Scott Reporter covering identity politics for The Fix Email Bio Follow March 21 at 3:24 PM That Joe Biden is considering a presidential run is no surprise. That his team is already considering a specific vice president turned some heads Thursday.
Choosing Abrams would be a smart move for Biden. It’s not so clear-cut for Abrams, who would have been the United States’ first black female governor. Biden also comes with baggage. When professor Anita Hill accused Justice Clarence Thomas, then President George H.W. Bush’s nominee to the Supreme Court, of sexual harassment, it was Biden who chaired the committee of mostly white male lawmakers before which Hill testified. He was criticized, Politico wrote, “for failing to blunt attacks on Hill and for not calling witnesses who could have supported her.
But there are clear downsides, too. As Biden’s running mate, Abrams would be in the uncomfortable position of defending Biden’s past positions. Abrams might be called on as to how and why she could back a candidate that so many black and women liberal lawmakers find problematic. It also keeps Abrams from joining the ticket of another candidate or running herself.
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