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Don’t Forget Georgia

What Next | Daily News and Analysis

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4.32.4K Ratings

🗓️ 14 January 2021

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

After the storming of the Capitol, Democrats’ victories in Georgia’s runoff Senate races sort of got lost in the shuffle. But Georgia going blue for the first time in nearly two decades is a big deal. And the state's Democratic activists say the moment is still worth recognizing. Guest: Tiffany Roberts, civil rights attorney at the Southern Center for Human Rights, Cliff Albright, co-founder of Black Voters Matter, and Renee Montgomery, activist and player on the Atlanta Dream. Slate Plus members get bonus segments and ad-free podcast feeds. Sign up now. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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I want to rewind the clock to the early morning hours on January 6th when we weren't talking

1:12.8

about a siege on the capital. We were talking about a historic double runoff in Georgia because

1:19.5

it's worth remembering. American democracy is still kicking even if it's battered and bruised.

1:31.0

When I woke up for the first thing that I said to my daughter was pastor Wendy election

1:37.2

and she immediately parked up. Tiffany Roberts is an attorney in Atlanta. She also goes

1:43.1

to Ebenezer Baptist Church. That's where Senator-elect Raphael Warnock is pastor. My

1:49.4

producer Davis spoke to her Wednesday morning before the riot in Washington. She told him

1:55.5

she hadn't stayed up to watch the returns because she didn't want to put her daughter through

1:59.8

an emotional roller coaster. She has been so impacted by the negative campaign

2:05.5

that because she doesn't really understand. She's sick. So it's not as though she understands

2:10.9

the fact that a campaign, you know what I mean? She gives it but she doesn't understand

2:17.3

but she gets so angry about the things that she was going to call a vision about her

2:23.3

pastor. But seeing it today, she was so, so happy. We made what we call victory pancakes.

2:30.0

There were like spice pancakes with like cinnamon and all those things. I made them in the

2:37.2

shape of a girl with afro cuff. I called them black girl magic pancakes for my daughter.

2:46.1

She was just so happy that she had them. She was just so giddy. They smelled great and

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