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Stacey Abrams on Outworking Elon Musk and the Far Right in Georgia

WIRED Politics Lab

WIRED

Politics, News

4.2244 Ratings

🗓️ 31 October 2024

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

It’s the election homestretch, and today on the show, we spoke with Stacey Abrams. Abrams has fought voter suppression for more than a decade — and she’s still fighting it. She joins Leah from Kamala Harris’s campaign trail to talk about election conspiracies, Elon Musk's influence, ballot box fires, Joe Rogan, and whether a Democratic candidate can win Georgia.



Leah Feiger is @LeahFeiger. Write to us at [email protected]. Be sure to subscribe to the WIRED Politics Lab newsletter here.



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Transcript

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0:00.0

eBay. It's a place to fall in love with new, pre-loved, vintage and rare fashion over and over again.

0:07.0

Your favorite designers, expertly authenticated.

0:10.0

Yeah, eBay. Things people love.

0:14.0

On Tuesday night, Kamala Harris gave one of her last speeches of the campaign.

0:26.6

One week from today, you will have the chance to make a decision that directly impacts your life, the life of your family, and the future of this country we love.

0:44.9

She's spoken nearly the same spot where four years ago Donald Trump held his rally on January 6th.

0:51.3

We know who Donald Trump is. He is the person who stood at this very spot

0:58.4

nearly four years ago and sent an armed mob to the United States Capitol to overturn the

1:07.5

will of the people in a free and fair election.

1:13.5

It was a vivid reminder of what can happen

1:15.6

when disinformation, conspiracy theories,

1:18.0

and far-right extremism spread unchecked.

1:20.7

And as we've talked about on this show

1:22.2

and in our reporting,

1:23.4

those problems have only grown

1:24.8

in the four years since the Capitol riot.

1:30.3

This is Wired Politics Lab, a show about how tech is changing politics.

1:34.9

I'm Leah Figer, the senior politics editor at Wired.

1:37.8

It is our last show before the election.

1:40.4

The race between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump is truly a toss-up,

1:44.0

with seven states seemingly in play, including Georgia, which is why we wanted to talk to former state representative and gubernatorial candidate, Stacey Abrams.

1:52.9

For more than a decade, Abrams has been pivotal to increasing voter turnout in Georgia.

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