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Stacey Abrams: “You go after dei. You go after the vulnerable, the…”

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

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Stacey Abrams on Trump Pushing Our Country into Authoritarianism & Being a Black Woman in Politics

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Because at step seven, you have to blame someone. You have to blame people for the broken government or for the broken promises. So You go after dei. You go after the vulnerable, the dispossessed. You go after any community that doesn't look like what you think power should be. While you're doing that, you make certain that you. In step eight, you eliminate anybody who can help them. (03:45–03:50)

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Asserts that targeting marginalized communities is a step in the autocratic process.

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