OPRAH WILL BE IN GEORGIA CAMPAIGNING FOR STACEY ABRAMS TODAY (THURS. NOV 1)
Oprah Winfrey made it clear when she was in Georgia on Thursday to campaign for gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams that she was not there to lay the groundwork for a presidential bid of her own.
‘I want to make it very clear to all the press – everyone – I’m not here making some grand stand and I’m thinking about running for myself. I don’t want to run,’ she told the crowd.
‘I’m not here to test any waters. I don’t wanna go in those waters,’ she said, shaking her head and waving her finger.
Speculation about Winfrey as a presidential candidate began after she accepted an Cecile B. DeMille award at the Golden Globes in January, when she called for a time no woman would have to say ‘me too’ again.
But she made it clear on Thursday she was there for the 2018 midterms and, particularly, the Georgia governor’s race, which has exploded into the national spotlight.
Winfrey lent her star power to Abrams’ quest to become the country’s first black woman governor.
Lines wound around the block to see the megastar, who focused her remarks on getting out the vote in a contest that polls show is tied between the Democratic Abrams and Republican nominee Brian Kemp.
And star power has poured into the race.
Vice President Mike Pence was in the state on Thursday to campaign for Kemp and counter Winfrey.
‘I’d like to remind Stacey and Oprah and Will Ferrell, I’m kind of a big deal too,’ he said. ‘This ain’t Hollywood. This is Georgia.’
Former President Barack Obama is coming to Atlanta on Friday for Abrams and President Donald Trump will campaign Sunday for Kemp.
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