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Stacey Abrams: We know that the current slate of laws that are being prescribed across this country actually take us to what looks like…

On the recordMarch 1, 2021
We know that the current slate of laws that are being prescribed across this country actually take us to what looks like post-Reconstruction, Jim Crow era laws. And that`s not hyperbolic.
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Stacey Abrams
Democratic · Georgia
Source
msnbc.com

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Stacey Abrams discusses the voter suppression laws being enacted across the country and compares them to Jim Crow laws.

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