NORFOLK, VA - OCTOBER 17: Former US Representative and voting rights activist Stacey Abrams speaks during a Souls to the Polls rally supporting Former Virginia Gov.
Terry McAuliffe on October 17, 2021 in Norfolk, Virginia.
Trump continues to lie about his resounding loss in 2020 and insist that other Republicans accept the lie, too," the Post editorial board began its piece on Monday before accusing GOP Virginia gubernatorial candidate Glenn Youngkin of "indulg[ing] Mr.
Youngkin’s Democratic opponent, Terry McAuliffe, fanning the flames of suspicion over the weekend among his supporters," the board wrote before citing McAuliffe's rhetoric about Abrams. .
Voting rights activist Stacey Abrams, left, waves to the crowd with Democratic gubernatorial candidate, former Virginia Gov
Abrams was in town to encourage voters to vote for the Democratic gubernatorial candidate in the November election
On the night of the election in 2018, Abrams conceded that "former Secretary of State Brian Kemp will be certified as the victor in the 2018 gubernatorial election." But she claimed that Kemp had pinned "his hopes for election on suppression of the people's democratic right to vote." She has repeatedly accused Kemp of abusing his position as secretary of state to suppress the voteSome commentators have compared Abrams' claim about voter suppression and the 2018 governor race to the Democrats' condemnations of former President Donald Trump's claims about fraud in the 2020 election, which Democrats refer to as "The Big Lie."