Into 2020 with Stacey Abrams
Into America
Trymaine Lee, MS NOW
4.6 • 3.4K Ratings
🗓️ 27 April 2020
⏱️ 22 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Stacey Abrams has had a busy few weeks. |
| 0:10.0 | She's found herself up against a familiar rival, Georgia Governor Brian Kemp, around |
| 0:14.1 | his decision to reopen the state in the face of COVID-19. |
| 0:17.8 | In 2018, Georgia's governance race between Kemp and Abrams propelled Abrams to the national |
| 0:22.6 | stage and helped launch her fight against voter suppression. |
| 0:25.7 | Today, she's not afraid to say publicly that Kemp's decision to reopen is the wrong one. |
| 0:32.0 | Abrams has also been speaking publicly and widely about another US politician, Democratic |
| 0:36.7 | Presidential candidate Joe Biden. |
| 0:39.2 | And why she thinks she's the right pick to be his running mate. |
| 0:42.7 | I'm tremendously, this is into America and on this Monday, we're changing things up |
| 0:47.1 | a bit because earlier today, I had a chance to talk to Stacey Abrams. |
| 0:50.8 | It's the second time we've spoken in recent weeks. |
| 0:53.6 | I interviewed her back in early March, but because of the coronavirus outbreak, that |
| 0:57.6 | interview never made it to air. |
| 1:01.0 | A lot has changed in that time. |
| 1:02.9 | Joe Biden has become the presumptive nominee and COVID-19 is now presenting new threats, |
| 1:08.6 | not only to our nation's health and our economy, but also to the integrity of our elections |
| 1:12.8 | this November. |
| 1:14.1 | Abrams runs Fair Fight, an organization to promote voting rights. |
| 1:18.2 | She agreed to sit down with me again. |
| 1:20.2 | We talked all things Georgia, voter suppression, and of course, the vice presidency. |
| 1:32.8 | So Stacey Abrams, thank you so much for joining me. |
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