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Stacey Abrams: “The Electoral College doesn't say they have to be popular…”

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

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Trump Risks American Lives for Attention (w/ Chris Hayes)

Published | Video Starts at 47:17

That said, this is how you rebuild it. Where I think we have to enter it is to recognize that. And this goes to something you said at the very beginning. The Electoral College doesn't say they have to be popular. The Electoral College says they have to be strategic. And we've been winning elections on the margins. One of the reasons I'm so bullish about defeating the SAVE act and why I'm so delighted by the fact that California … (47:17–47:24)

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Asserts that the Electoral College requires strategic wins, not popularity.

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