A Word: Stacey Abrams is Hot

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🗓️ 18 June 2021

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Summary

Stacey Abrams dealt with a narrow --and tainted-- loss in the Georgia governor’s race by helping to turn her red state blue in 2020. On today’s episode of A Word, she tells host Jason Johnson about her campaign plans, her voting rights fight, and her worries about economic boycotts as a political tactic. Guest: Stacey Abrams, politician, author, and the founder of the voting rights group, Fair Fight Podcast production by Ahyiana Angel and Jasmine Ellis You can skip all the ads in A Word by joining Slate Plus. Sign up now at slate.com/awordplus for just $1 for your first month. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is Jason Johnson, I want to thank you for listening to a word, especially our
0:05.3	Slate Plus subscribers who support, helps make a word possible.
0:10.1	Slate Plus subscribers enjoy podcasts, ad-free, bonus content, and access to all of Slate's
0:16.5	great reporting on the site.
0:18.4	If you enjoy a word, sign up now at Slate.com slash a word plus, thanks again.
0:30.6	This is a word, a podcast from Slate, and I'm your host, Jason Johnson.
0:34.8	Stacey Abrams is one of the most powerful women in politics, widely credited with bringing
0:39.1	Georgia into the Democratic column in 2020.
0:41.8	We demand, in this moment, leadership of moral character that is willing to admit moral
0:49.0	fallibility.
0:51.2	We need leaders who believe in us.
0:54.9	Now Abrams is a Democratic power broker fighting for voting rights and thinking about her own
0:59.1	political future.
1:00.6	Stacey Abrams coming up on a word with me, Jason Johnson.
1:04.5	Stay with us.
1:12.8	Welcome to a word, a podcast about race, in politics, and everything else.
1:17.2	I'm your host, Jason Johnson.
1:19.7	Most pundits acknowledge that the Democrats owe their control of the White House and
1:23.3	Senate, and no small part to the work of black women.
1:26.8	Well, one woman whose individual contribution stands out is Georgia Stacey Abrams.
1:31.4	Abrams first stepped into the national spotlight for many during her run for Georgia
1:35.6	governor in 2018.
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