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Stacey Abrams: “My nieces and nephews... are the first generation to lose…”

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 13:11

My life was made possible by these laws, and I'm just not sure that they're gonna exist for people after me. Well, here's the thing. One of the things I talk about these days is that My nieces and nephews... are the first generation to lose civil rights during their lifetime since Reconstruction. Reconstruction. So let's be clear. This is bad, this is horrible, this is evil. When evil is about what you strip from another in pursuit of power. This is Evil. (13:11–13:23)

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Asserts that the current generation is the first since Reconstruction to experience a loss of civil rights.

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