Failed Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams claimed President Donald Trump is one step away from turning the U.S. into an autocracy.
Abrams appeared on “Jimmy Kimmel Live,” where guest host Anthony Anderson asked her to explain the “10 steps to autocracy.”
Abrams said her 10 steps apply to “every nation that has become an autocracy having been a democracy,” specifically referencing Brazil India, Russia, and the Philippines.
“Start with winning an election,” Abrams said. “Usually the last one you’ll get to have for real.”
Abrams’ next steps included expanding executive power and weakening Congress and the judiciary.
“Like, I don’t know, the Supreme Court is giving you unfettered power and saying we don’t have the ability to stop things,” Abrams said, presumably referencing the recent Supreme Court ruling limiting nationwide injunctions.
Abrams skipped right over former President Joe Biden, who notably ignored the Supreme Court’s ruling striking down his student loan forgiveness plan.
Abrams said autocracies then “gut the civil service” to “break democracy” and put loyalists in the FBI “so they go after your enemies.”
She failed to mention that under former President Joe Biden — who shares her political affiliation — Trump was charged in four criminal cases that were widely viewed as political prosecutions..
Abrams said that Trump “[going] after DEI” was evidence that he was looking for someone to blame, which she said was another hallmark of autocracies.
She then suggested Trump’s mobilization of the National Guard and the U.S. Marines in Los Angeles was one step away from a full autocracy.
“You send the U.S. Marines into spaces where they should not be, you send the National Guard in, you kidnap people off of the streets and pretend that’s normal,” Abrams said.
Trump sent the Marines and the National Guard into Los Angeles to protect federal agents and buildings from anti-Immigration and Customs Enforcement rioters. Monday, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass joined protestors attempting to disrupt the ICE raid of a park controlled by MS-13.
“Once you’ve done those nine steps, step 10 is easy,” Abrams said. “That’s when you decide there won’t be new elections because everyone’s either afraid, poor, broken, or complicit.”
Abrams has claimed dozens times that the 2018 gubernatorial election was stolen from her. In 2019, she said, “I didn’t lose. I got the votes. But we won’t know exactly how many because of how they cheated.”
Recently, nonprofits affiliated with Abrams have come under scrutiny, with IRS complaints alleging the organizations campaigned on behalf of Abrams and other candidates in violation of federal law, The Daily Wire reported.
