Georgia Dems chair reveals message to undecided GOP voters as Harris works to build broad base

Atlanta – The leader of the Georgia Democratic Party has a message for right-wing voters who are undecided about November's presidential election.

“Vote for the person who is going to take our country to the next level,” Rep. Nikema Williams of Georgia said in an interview with Fox News Digital about a month before Election Day.

“We're tired of Donald Trump and his Republican vision, because what we know at this point is that there are Republicans out there who want to put country over party. Because we need more like-minded people who are willing to do that.”

Vice President Kamala Harris' campaign has sought to expand into a variety of voting districts, including districts that have traditionally skewed Republican.

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Democrats are fighting to hold on to Georgia after President Biden won the Peach State by less than 1% in 2020, breaking a multi-year streak of states voting for Republicans in the White House. Perhaps nowhere is that strategy proving more important.

Asked how the left's strategy has changed since then, Williams, who became state party chairman in 2019 and was elected to Congress in 2020, said Democrats can't take their recent victories for granted. He said he did not think so.

“When I became chairman in 2019, no one believed Georgia was involved,” Williams said. “We're a true battleground state, which means we have to take nothing for granted and talk to all of our voters.”

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Democratic leaders said the state party's organizing efforts span all 159 Georgia counties, with nearly 30 field offices and more than 200 paid employees.

“We have to talk to voters about the issues that matter to them. We're listening to people who are very concerned about their freedoms and our freedoms being on the ballot.” said Williams.

Former Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump lost Georgia in 2020 by less than 1 percentage point. (AP Photo/Carl B. DeBraker)

Later, when asked what issues voters were most concerned about, Williams suggested access to abortion was the top topic.

She was referring to the death of Georgia mother Amber Thurman, 28, who allegedly died after being denied emergency abortion care for 20 hours after a rare complication from an abortion pill.

Democrats and pro-choice activists blamed her death on the Republican Georgia government's recent law banning abortions after six weeks, except in cases of rape, incest or medical emergencies.

But Republicans and pro-life groups have pushed back against these attacks. They instead blamed Thurman's death on complications caused by the abortion pills she took, and what prevented doctors from operating on her after the fetus's heartbeat had already stopped. He claimed that there was no such thing.

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“She has an 8-year-old son who grew up without a mother. But that doesn't have to be the case. These are policy decisions,” Williams said.

Meanwhile, both Ms. Harris and Mr. Trump's campaigns are pandering to Black voters in Georgia, a state that was key to Mr. Biden's 2020 victory.

Georgia was key to President Biden's 2020 victory. (pool)

Mr. Trump is particularly focused on appealing to black and brown men, a group of voters that Republicans believe are increasingly disillusioned with Democrats' progressive policies.

But Williams said black voters are “not a monolith” and suggested the Harris campaign is working to reach as many people as possible.

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“You can't win this election based on one demographic group. We're building a multiracial coalition here in the battleground state of Georgia, and we're going to continue to do that,” Williams said.

“It proved successful in 2020, it proved successful in the 2021 runoff elections, and again in 2022 when we brought back Sen. Rev. Raphael Warnock for a six-year term. It was a success. And we're going to do it again.'' November. ”