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Stacey Abrams: “The Tennessee legislature approved this new congressional…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 25:04

And for me personally to see how a new confederacy is trying to rise and the pushback against it was both powerful and super meaningful. Well, and I want to talk specifically about what we saw. So The Tennessee legislature approved this new congressional map that just dismantles the state's only majority black district. And that means out of nine seats, there is no longer a single district that has the ability to allow black voters to come together and vote for a candidate of their choice. (25:04–25:13)

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Asserts that Tennessee's new congressional map dismantles its only majority black district.

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