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Stacey Abrams: “The Republicans have said to themselves, we may not like the outcome so we`re going to wrest away the power that we have…”

On the recordMay 21, 2021
The Republicans have said to themselves, we may not like the outcome so we`re going to wrest away the power that we have invested in our election workers, people who are putting their time and their talent and their lives on the line sometimes, and we`re going to say that they can be overturned by the act of state legislators who don`t like the outcome.
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Stacey Abrams
Democratic · Georgia
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msnbc.com

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Stacey Abrams discusses how Republicans are undermining election workers and the electoral process.

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