i want to bring your attention to something you might not know about because i think it just came in. the georgia secretary of state s office, that s your opponent, brian kemp, they just announced they have opened an investigation into the democratic party of georgia for possible alleged cyber crimes after what they say is a failed attempt to hack the state s voter registration system. have you heard anything about this? do you have any reaction? i have heard nothing about it, and my reaction would be this is a desperate attempt on the part of my opponent to distract people from the fact that two different federal judges found him derelict in his duties and have forced him to allow absentee ballots to be counted and those held captive by the map system be allowed to vote. he s desperate to turn the conversation away from his failures, from his refusal to honor his commitment and from the fact he s part of a nationwide system of voter suppression that will not work in this election
didn t creator attempt to hack the system. first of all, how is abrams responded? reporter: well, wolf, right now stacey abrams speaking to a crowd of several hundred people packed into this community center in augusta, she has not addressed the latest controversy in this contentious campaign. but earlier today she was on state of the union with jake tapper and shared her reaction to the news of this investigation. i ve heard nothing about it and i would my reaction would be this is a desperate attempt on the part of my opponent to distract people from the fact that two different federal judges found him derelict in his duties and have forced him to allow absentee ballots to be count and had those who are being held captive by the exact map system be allowed to vote. he is desperate to turn the coverizati conversation away from his failure to honor his commitments and the fact he is part of a nationwide system of voter suppression that will not work in this election because we ar
stage, how will carly surrogates will say she s still dealing with a lack of name recognition on the national stage. regardless of that, i do want to get your final take, amanda, on this. byron york of the washington examiner, in the face of donald trump leading and running away with a nomination at this point, at least at this point, the republican establishment, they re not only worried, they re now planning a counterattack. he wrote that some are preparing to do whatever it takes to bring him down. which could lead to an extraordinary scenario in which gop stalwarts go to war to destroy their own party s likely nominee. what do you think of that? i think about that, what would that be? could any more d.c. negative ads, negative ads. and every time they hit donald trump with that kind of stuff, he embraces it and makes him more popular with the base, who is so fed up with the d.c. establishment. i think it s the wrong move. the only way to beat trump is to outcampaign h