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Jon Ossoff: “How foolish to launch an attack on voting rights here at the…”

Featuring: Jon Ossoff, Democratic | U.S. Senate Georgia

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Ossoff: "The power of the presidency is nothing compared to the power of the people."

Published | Video Starts at 04:28

How foolish of them to come to the cradle of the civil rights movement and the doorstep of John Lewis's congressional district to spread those lies and seize your ballots. How foolish to launch an attack on voting rights here at the political and speech spiritual center of the black history they're trying to erase. You see, like Ahab, he's surrounded by yes men. Because if this president had wiser counsel, Reverend, they'd warn him against attacking here in Atlanta, Georgia, the power of the presidency is nothing compared to the power of the people. (04:28–04:39)

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Asserts that there is an attack on voting rights aimed at erasing black history.

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