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Stacey Abrams: “They scapegoated vulnerable communities. And in Germany in…”

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

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They had the stop the secret police. They weaponized normalized violence. They went after the media, after truth tellers. And of course, what we know the most is that They scapegoated vulnerable communities. And in Germany in the 1930s and 40s, that meant Jews, that meant the disabled, it meant the Roma people, it meant blacks. They went after any community they could blame for the economic or cultural hardships that people felt in Germany. (45:24–45:37)

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Asserts that the Nazi regime scapegoated Jews, the disabled, Roma people, and blacks.

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