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Stacey Abrams on why the gutting of the Voting Rights Act is 'evil'

Published May 13, 2026 | Video Starts at 19:15

What are the chances of just rewriting an entirely new Voting Rights act at this point in history? So let's Be clear. And I appreciate you grounding us in what happened. This is bad law. This is intentionally bad law. This is Plessy vs Ferguson level bad law. This is Dred Scott bad law. This is saying in the United States of America, we are once again relegating entire communities to second class citizenship because we fear their power. (19:15–19:23)

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“We have never in this country had an actual explicit right to vote.”
Stacey Abrams on why the gutting of the Voting Rights Act is 'evil' | Uploaded May 13, 2026 | 21:41-21:46
“The last governor's race [in Louisiana] was decided by 36% of the population.”
Stacey Abrams on why the gutting of the Voting Rights Act is 'evil' | Uploaded May 13, 2026 | 24:18-24:23
“The winner of that contest [in Louisiana] got 570,000 votes.”
Stacey Abrams on why the gutting of the Voting Rights Act is 'evil' | Uploaded May 13, 2026 | 24:23-24:28
“There is a current attack that is visceral and vicious, but it is not unprecedented.”
Stacey Abrams on why the gutting of the Voting Rights Act is 'evil' | Uploaded May 13, 2026 | 10:24-10:34
“My dad was arrested at 14 for a right that his father, his mother, could not exercise.”
Stacey Abrams on why the gutting of the Voting Rights Act is 'evil' | Uploaded May 13, 2026 | 11:56-12:03
“My nieces and nephews... are the first generation to lose civil rights during their lifetime since Reconstruction.”
Stacey Abrams on why the gutting of the Voting Rights Act is 'evil' | Uploaded May 13, 2026 | 13:11-13:23
“I was in the Tennessee Senate Judiciary Committee.”
Stacey Abrams on why the gutting of the Voting Rights Act is 'evil' | Uploaded May 13, 2026 | 15:01-15:06
“The Senate minority leader said to the author of the bill, where is the actual text? And he said that a picture was enough.”
Stacey Abrams on why the gutting of the Voting Rights Act is 'evil' | Uploaded May 13, 2026 | 15:31-15:40
“This is no longer a battle of Democrats versus Republicans. This isn't red versus blue. We're in a competitive, authoritarian state.”
Stacey Abrams on why the gutting of the Voting Rights Act is 'evil' | Uploaded May 13, 2026 | 16:11-16:21
“Even if the courts do not rule in our favor, we still have to fight in the courts.”
Stacey Abrams on why the gutting of the Voting Rights Act is 'evil' | Uploaded May 13, 2026 | 17:01-17:06
“In Tennessee, because they have fractured these districts, they are likely to win.”
Stacey Abrams on why the gutting of the Voting Rights Act is 'evil' | Uploaded May 13, 2026 | 17:23-17:28
“Race neutrality is the most dangerous phrase in America today because it gives a pass for what are intended targeted anodyne attempts to…”
Stacey Abrams on why the gutting of the Voting Rights Act is 'evil' | Uploaded May 13, 2026 | 20:49-21:04
“The Voting Rights act mitigated all of that.”
Stacey Abrams on why the gutting of the Voting Rights Act is 'evil' | Uploaded May 13, 2026 | 21:10-21:14
“The fact that we had to have the 1970 renewal, the 1975 renewal, the 1982 renewal, the reason we have to keep coming back to it is that…”
Stacey Abrams on why the gutting of the Voting Rights Act is 'evil' | Uploaded May 13, 2026 | 21:13-21:25
“The John Lewis Freedom to Vote act is absolutely essential, but so is a constitutional amendment that further embeds how we see the right to…”
Stacey Abrams on why the gutting of the Voting Rights Act is 'evil' | Uploaded May 13, 2026 | 21:25-21:36
“Tennessee has one of the lowest voter registration rates in the country.”
Stacey Abrams on why the gutting of the Voting Rights Act is 'evil' | Uploaded May 13, 2026 | 23:26-23:31
“Shelby county, where Memphis sits, was wildly underperforming in the last few election cycles.”
Stacey Abrams on why the gutting of the Voting Rights Act is 'evil' | Uploaded May 13, 2026 | 23:33-23:42
“We've been grappling with voter suppression in Georgia for as long as I've been involved in politics.”
Stacey Abrams on why the gutting of the Voting Rights Act is 'evil' | Uploaded May 13, 2026 | 26:22-26:29
“Georgia has perfected suppression of all three of those opportunities [registering, casting a ballot, and having it counted].”
Stacey Abrams on why the gutting of the Voting Rights Act is 'evil' | Uploaded May 13, 2026 | 27:17-27:24
“The Voting Rights Act being gutted and hollowed out is egregious.”
Stacey Abrams on why the gutting of the Voting Rights Act is 'evil' | Uploaded May 13, 2026 | 28:50-28:56
“They want to strip people of their civil liberties and their freedoms.”
Stacey Abrams on why the gutting of the Voting Rights Act is 'evil' | Uploaded May 13, 2026 | 32:07-32:12
“They want to concentrate power in the hands of a few.”
Stacey Abrams on why the gutting of the Voting Rights Act is 'evil' | Uploaded May 13, 2026 | 32:16-32:19
“Before I ran for governor, I was well known in the Georgia General Assembly for being someone who could work across the aisle.”
Stacey Abrams on why the gutting of the Voting Rights Act is 'evil' | Uploaded May 13, 2026 | 32:38-32:44