Stacey Abrams: “Politics is about power, who has it, who wants it, who gets…”

“Okay, so this is one of the places where I disagree with a lot of folks who say that if we could just convince the members of Congress. Guys, as someone who has been in and out of politics, Politics is about power, who has it, who wants it, who gets to use it. But it's also about values. What do we believe, why do we believe it, and what do we want to do with it?” (52:45–52:54)

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