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Stacey Abrams: “I was minority leader at a time when we were at our nadir…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 23:19

They put minority in front of it so you don't forget whose power it really is. And for me, a lot of the work was trying to hold the caucus together. And I was minority leader at a time when we were at our nadir. We had hit the lowest number we'd had in 130 years. And part of my job was to knit together rural communities, urban communities, the most racially diverse caucus in Georgia history, and the tensions that come with all of that, and then go and deal with Republicans. (23:19–23:26)

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Asserts that the Democratic caucus in Georgia was at its lowest number in 130 years during her leadership.

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