Stacey Abrams: “I was minority leader in the Georgia House, which was a…”

“And I know, speaker, you are in an evenly, more evenly divided House. Senator, when you were in public office, you guys had political majority, although there was an unevenness and ideological purity. And you know, I was minority leader in the Georgia House, which was a Republican legislature under a Republican governor. And I used to say my job was to stop stupid or at least slow it down. But I also used to say that my job as minority leader was to first and foremost find ways to collaborate than to compete.” (17:18–17:24)

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