Stacey Abrams tells nodding Kamala Harris that southerners have lived under 'soft authoritarianism' since 1776
Georgia Democrat Stacey Abrams suggested to a nodding former Vice President Kamala Harris during an interview Thursday that the American South is what the United States looks like as an authoritarian country.On her "Assembly Required" podcast, Abrams, who ran unsuccessfully twice for governor of Georgia, spoke to Harris about the future of the Democratic Party and the challenges it faces, particularly in southern states."I grew up in Mississippi, came of age in Georgia, and I know you've been spending a lot of time in the South recently. You've been to Tennessee and Louisiana and North Carolina," Abrams told Harris.
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Georgia Democrat Stacey Abrams suggested to a nodding former Vice President Kamala Harris during an interview Thursday that the American South is what the United States looks like as an authoritarian country.On her "Assembly Required" podcast, Abrams, who ran unsuccessfully twice for governor of Georgia, spoke to Harris about the future of the Democratic Party and the challenges it faces, particularly in southern states."I grew up in Mississippi, came of age in Georgia, and I know you've been spending a lot of time in the South recently. You've been to Tennessee and Louisiana and North Carolina," Abrams told Harris. "And what I tell people when they want to understand what authoritarianism can look like in the U.S., I say, ‘Look South.’ We have lived under soft authoritarianism, I would say, since, oh, 1776.""And what it has meant is that we have seen the warning signs long before the rest of the country, but we've also been the architects of the solutions long before the rest of the country understands it," she continued.BLOCKBUSTER SUPREME COURT VOTING RIGHTS RULING IGNITES REDISTRICTING WAR ACROSS SOUTHERN STATESShe went on to claim that the American debate about voter ID is fake."And when you talk about what's happening in North Carolina, I liken it to the fact that we are having this false debate about voter ID. Every state requires that you identify who you are.
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- Georgia Democrat Stacey Abrams suggested to a nodding former Vice President Kamala Harris during an interview Thursday that the American South is what the United States looks like as an authoritarian country.On her "Assembly Required" podcast, Abrams, who ran unsuccessfully twice for governor of Georgia, spoke to Harris about the future of the Democratic Party and the challenges it faces, particularly in southern states."I grew up in Mississippi, came of age in Georgia, and I know you've been spending a lot of time in the South recently. You've been to Tennessee and Louisiana and North Carolina," Abrams told Harris.
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