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Pramila Jayapal: “Powerlessness and hopelessness are tools of the oppressor.”

Featuring: Pramila Jayapal, Democratic | U.S. House Washington, District 7

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Al Gore, AOC Campaign for Tennessee Democrat Aftyn Behn (TN-7)

Published | Video Starts at 24:34

Text and call your friends. Make sure they've got a plan for voting. Turn people out. Use the power that you have. You have so much power. And Powerlessness and hopelessness are tools of the oppressor. That's what they want you to feel. But what you have done tonight, and I'm watching all the hearts and the claps and everything across the screen this whole night is you're using your power to make your vote your voice. (24:34–24:39)

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Asserts that feelings of powerlessness and hopelessness are used by oppressors to maintain control.

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