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Gaining Ground: The New Georgia (trailer)

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Crooked Media

Documentary, History, True Crime, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 17 December 2020

⏱️ 2 minutes

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Summary

The future of our democracy hinges on the outcome of two Senate races in Georgia, a state that shocked the nation by flipping for the first time in nearly three decades. In this multi-part podcast, visit the frontlines with two of Atlanta’s own - journalists Rembert Browne and Jewel Wicker as they detail the struggles and triumphs that led to this moment, and hear from the organizers, strategists, and voters hoping to change the South forever. Our new podcast, “Gaining Ground: The New Georgia” is a co-production of Tenderfoot TV and Crooked Media. Subscribe and listen to episode 1 now, wherever you listen to podcasts: gaininggroundpodcast.com

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0:00.0

Were you surprised when you saw that Georgia has flipped blue?

0:03.0

You know, a couple of days before the election, I woke up and I just had a feeling.

0:11.1

I just felt like things were going to shift.

0:14.1

It's election night in America and in a nation in crisis, is that across roads.

0:18.1

We're counting down to the first exit polls and the first results as our coverage begins

0:22.9

now.

0:23.9

I never thought it would happen and I was just like, I don't trust anybody.

0:27.8

These people, they have all these opinions, but they're not going to vote.

0:30.8

We could have historic turnout.

0:33.2

Think about this in 2016, about 130 million voted at this pace.

0:37.1

We could be looking at 150, 160 million numbers we haven't seen before.

0:42.3

I knew the work that was happening.

0:44.8

I knew how hard we were working to flip the state and I believed.

0:49.3

It's official.

0:50.3

Georgia has certified Joe Biden as the state's 2020 winner after hand counting nearly

0:54.3

five million ballots.

0:55.9

The Trump campaign has until Tuesday to request a machine recount.

0:59.7

The nation is looking at Georgia now, keeping a close eye on us as both Senate seats are

1:04.3

headed to a runoff in January.

1:06.8

This is about coalitions being built in the South to save the Senate.

1:11.4

This is a local election that has national implications, but we've got to do what we did

1:15.0

before.

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