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Stacey Abrams: “The Calais decision sitting in front of the Supreme Court…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 47:29

That is why we see the Tech Bros and the oligarchs changing the nature of how our economy actually moves. That is why we are seeing The Calais decision sitting in front of the Supreme Court. That can gut the Voting Rights act and not only cost us 18 to 27 seats, that would make the Congress permanently Republican. We could lose up to 200 state and local, local seats, state legislative seats, which means that when the maps get redrawn, we can never have power again across this country. (47:29–47:43)

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Asserts that the Calais decision could gut the Voting Rights Act and cost 18 to 27 Congressional seats.

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