Stacey Abrams, the former Georgia gubernatorial candidate and a rising Democratic star, blamed President Trump for the partial government shutdown in her response to the State of the Union address -- calling the shutdown a "stunt" and its impact on federal workers a "disgrace." Abrams, who made history Tuesday night as the first African-American woman to deliver a formal State of the Union response, reflected on her experience volunteering with furloughed workers during the 35-day partial shutdown of the federal government. In that 35-day shutdown, more than 800,000 federal workers and contractors were left working without pay, or furloughed without pay. Abrams lost November’s gubernatorial election to Georgia’s Republican Secretary of State Brian Kemp but has remained a power player in the Democratic Party. But despite criticizing Trump, Abrams offered general support to the president.

Source: Fox News February 06, 2019 00:51 UTC