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Stacey Abrams: “The Senate minority leader said to the author of the bill…”

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 15:31

There was nothing that was gonna change their minds. There was nothing that was going to alter the outcome. And it was made very clear when The Senate minority leader said to the author of the bill, where is the actual text? And he said that a picture was enough. He didn't even bother to bring the bill. They were moving so fast that he said with sincerity, well, you have the map. And she said, so we're supposed to vote on a picture. (15:31–15:40)

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Asserts that during the Tennessee Senate Judiciary Committee, the bill's author claimed a picture was sufficient instead of the actual text.

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