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Stacey Abrams: “I became democratic leader in 2010, right after we lost…”

Featuring: Stacey Abrams, Democratic | Former Candidate, Governor of Georgia

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In what capacity was that? So I was a state representative for four years, and then I decided to be in charge of the whole thing for our caucus. So I became democratic leader in 2010, right after we lost everything and tried to work to make Georgia a more meaningful state in terms of Democratic and politics and democracy. Yeah. Now, just in terms of minority, Minority leader, what were your duties? What was it? So they call you. They give you leader to make you feel good. (01:11–01:22)

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