Stacey Abrams on running to be Georgia's first black female governor

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🗓️ 10 October 2017

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Stacey Abrams resigned as the minority leader of the Georgia Statehouse to run for governor in 2018, and she has a message that the Democratic party and the electorate need to hear.

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0:00.0	This episode of Cape Up is sponsored by Me Undies.
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0:18.0	Hey everyone, this is Jonathan Kapart and welcome to Cape Up.
0:22.0	Stacy Abrams used to be the minority leader of the Georgia State House,
0:27.0	but she resigned that post in her seat to run for governor of the Peach State in 2018,
0:32.0	but that's not why I had to have her on the podcast. the
0:34.4	in 2018 but that's not why I had to have her on the podcast.
0:39.3	Abrams has a message for the Democratic Party and the electorate that needs to be heard
0:40.9	including this gem.
0:43.7	Politicians are like 15 year old girls. We respond to money, peer pressure, and attention.
0:48.4	So now that she has yours,
0:50.1	listen to the rest of our conversation right now.
0:56.0	Stacey Abrams, thank you very much for being on the podcast.
0:59.0	Thank you for having me.
1:00.0	I'm excited.
1:01.0	Okay, so when we met, I think I made a mistake that apparently is common. I think I called you
1:05.6	Stacy Adams. You did? I did call you Stacy Adams. How annoying is that?
1:11.8	It is a very popular shoe brand in the South,
1:14.4	and so I figure, I try to correct people when I can
1:18.0	because if they look for Stacy Adams on the ballot,
1:20.0	they will not find me on the ballot.
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