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Stacey Abrams: “This is not the first time the federal government has had to step in and reassert the fundamental notions of who we are…”

On the recordMay 11, 2021
This is not the first time the federal government has had to step in and reassert the fundamental notions of who we are as a nation.
Said by
Stacey Abrams
Democratic · Georgia
Source
msnbc.com

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Abrams emphasizes the need for federal intervention to protect voting rights.

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