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Stacey Abrams: “We have a Voting Rights act that the Congress has refused to…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 31:25

And if we had a vibrant Voting Rights act that the courts and the federal government were interested in enforcing, a lot of this kind of activity with would be blocked. So We have a Voting Rights act that the Congress has refused to update in order to protect voters. We have a Supreme Court that is actively engaged in dismantling the very few remaining protections. And then you have a unitary executive who is nationalizing voter suppression. (31:25–31:33)

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Asserts that Congress has not updated the Voting Rights Act to protect voters.

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