Some people wanted the Democratic response to be a counter in a food fight.
Democrats can't get away with that.
More bluntly, Black Women can't get away with that.
Realize and understand the different ways society perceives different people. Abrams would not have escaped the Angry Black Woman caricature.
More to the point, and speaking personally, as a Black person...my heart was so warm, so fulfilled, at seeing this ignorant, stupid, unintelligent white man tripping over his words, so accustomed to privilege...being responded to by an intelligent and self-made Black Woman exhibiting the epitome of grace and eloquence. Stacey Abrams was in every way a contrast to the nearly two hours of mental vacancy we were just subjected to.