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Stacey Abrams

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Stacey Abrams is a prominent Democratic politician and activist from Georgia, known for her work in voting rights and social justice. She gained national recognition as the Minority Leader of the Georgia House of Representatives from 2011 to 2017, where she focused on issues such as education, healthcare, and economic development. Abrams is also the founder of Fair Fight Action, an organization aimed at combating voter suppression and advocating for fair elections. Her efforts in mobilizing voters in Georgia played a significant role in the 2020 presidential election and the subsequent Senate runoff elections in 2021.

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Mar 1, 2021

I believe that, absolutely, business has a -- has a role to play.

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Mar 1, 2021

The fundamental right to democracy is the ability to vote. And if there is nothing else that we would be willing to require simple -- of a simple majority to protect, it should be the right to vote.

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Mar 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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Mar 1, 2021

What is happening now is not just a regression to the mean. It is a regression to the meanest way possible to run elections.

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Mar 1, 2021

I do not. I think that this has to be done by the body that in the Constitution of the United States is given the power to address this.

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Mar 1, 2021

When you can win elections, not by having the best ideas, but by stealing the right to vote, then you do not deserve to win, and you don`t deserve to participate.

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Mar 1, 2021

Congress has the power to set the manner, time and place of elections. And they should use that power by passing H.R.1 and H.R.4.

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Mar 1, 2021

And the reality is, when you break democracy for anyone, you break it for everyone.

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Mar 1, 2021

If they can knock out pillar five and pillar four, we no longer have protections for our democracy. And that means Congress has to step up and act now.

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Feb 28, 2021

They are not fighting to protect elections, they're fighting to preserve their ability to win. That's not what democracy is designed for.

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Feb 28, 2021

We combat it first by making certain that Americans are aware of what's at stake.

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Feb 28, 2021

Across the country, people who are afraid of losing elections are using their power to steal elections from the people and that should not stand.

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