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Gaining Ground: The New Georgia

Tenderfoot TV & Crooked Media

Government, Politics, News, Society & Culture

4.4 • 901 Ratings

🗓️ 12 January 2021

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Georgia once again made history with the elections of Reverend Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff to the U.S. Senate. Celebrations were cut short on January 6th as the harsh reality of the divided nation was clear when the U.S. Capitol was overtaken by a pro-Trump mob. How will the two new Democratic seats shape what is next and is Georgia’s flip the start of a new recognition of Black voters across America?

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0:00.0	And say it sounds like you lost your voice a little bit. Is this from last night? Is this from the celebration?
0:08.6	No, I, uh, so I hit the road on New Year's Day.
0:14.4	So I took New Year's Eve off, finger quotes.
0:18.3	This is Jule talking to Inseu Fott, CEO of the New Georgia Project.
0:26.0	But on New Year's Day, I got on the road.
0:29.0	We went to Savannah to love on our staff and organizers and from Savannah we went to Statesboro, Georgia and Bullock County and then from Bullock County to Macon, Georgia took everybody to church and and it left Macon and went to Atlanta, back home to Atlanta,
0:47.3	where we had a concert in partnership with Mrs. Obama's when we all vote.
0:56.0	Where I learned that it's not young cheesy, it's just cheesy.
1:02.0	We all grow up, but performances from like Atlanta, our Atlanta love home teams, Monica, Geezy, 400 cars.
1:08.6	People pledging to make sure that they annoy their friends and family in the group chat.
1:13.6	And then Monday got up and got on the road
1:16.4	and headed to Augusta.
1:18.2	And in between all of that, doing press
1:21.4	to make sure that nobody tells our story but us.
1:26.6	There's no doubt in my mind
1:29.4	that there are Stacy Abrams in Alabama, in Louisiana, in Texas.
1:36.5	There's no doubt in my mind,
1:37.4	they're doing amazing work.
1:39.5	I can't wait for our siblings
1:42.3	to turn up and shock the world and show what Southern
1:46.4	organizing looks like. From Tinderfoot TV and Crookin Media, this is gaining ground, the New Georgia.
2:01.2	In this episode we talk about a truly historic day, January 5th, Georgia Senate runoffs.
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