I could not in good conscience say that in order to protect my political future, I’m going to be silent about the political present, which is that we have a system under a leader that sought to keep people from casting their ballot.
Abrams reflects on her decision to speak out against voter suppression after her 2018 gubernatorial loss.
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If women want the ability to determine what their lives look like economically and socially, then we have to elect a governor who believes in the woman`s right.
People are anxious but they`re also -- they have a sense of urgency that things have to change. They survived COVID. They survived racial violence. They have survived an economic downturn that they weren`t expecting, but they`ve also had to grapple with government that doesn`t seem to see them or care about their future.
One of the pieces of my approach to politics that is that seems to confound people is that I treat all voters as persuasion voters.
How do you get us back to safety? How do you ensure justice? How do we have economic opportunity that is real?
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