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Stacey Abrams: “The rush to change the lines, it's happening in Mississippi…”

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

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Virtual Town Hall on Impact of Callais Decision w/ Doug Jones

Published | Video Starts at 13:32

… gutted the Voting Rights act, they wanted us to be used to the restoration of this attack on minority communities. And I want us to be really clear right now. The rush to change the lines, it's happening in Mississippi, where they're about to sign that bill in the old courthouse. which is where they signed the laws that instituted Jim Crow in the old build in the old Capitol, the 1890 Mississippi Constitution that basically built Jim Crow into the Constitution. (13:32–13:40)

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Asserts that redistricting efforts are occurring in Mississippi.

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