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Stacey Abrams: “In Tennessee, because they have fractured these districts…”

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

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Stacey Abrams on why the gutting of the Voting Rights Act is 'evil'

Published | Video Starts at 17:23

Fighting the courts is how we build the record, but it's also how we build the muscle memory for why we fight and how we sharpen and refine our arguments. We do it at the ballot box because In Tennessee, because they have fractured these districts, they are likely to win. Absolutely. But they now have created three new opportunities where they have fractured communities and said, we're going to scatter these seeds. Our job is to grow. (17:23–17:28)

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Asserts that the fracturing of districts in Tennessee makes it likely for certain groups to win elections.

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