Stacey Abrams

Words Matter

Riley Fessler

News, Government

4.6 • 2.8K Ratings

🗓️ 9 March 2020

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Katie and Joe are honored to be joined this week by New York Times bestselling author, serial entrepreneur, nonprofit CEO and political leader Stacey Abrams. In 2018, after serving for eleven years in the Georgia House of Representatives, seven as Democratic Leader, Stacey Abrams became the Democratic nominee for Governor of Georgia, winning more votes than any other Democrat in the state’s history. Leader Abrams was the first black woman to become the gubernatorial nominee for a major party in the United States, and she was the first black woman and first Georgian to deliver a Response to the State of the Union. After witnessing the gross mismanagement of the 2018 election by the Georgia Secretary of State’s office, Leader Abrams launched Fair Fight to ensure every American has a voice in our election system. Over the course of her career, Leader Abrams has founded multiple organizations devoted to voting rights, training and hiring young people of color, and tackling social issues at both the state and national levels. Stacey Abrams is a lifetime member of the Council on Foreign Relations, where she serves on the Subcommittee on Diversity. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/words-matter. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to Words Matter with Katie Barlow and Joe Lockhart.
0:12.0	Welcome to Words Matter, I'm Katie Barlow.
0:15.7	Our goal is to promote objective reality.
0:18.8	As a wise man once said, everyone is entitled to their own opinion, not their own facts.
0:25.1	Have power and words have consequences.
0:33.1	Our guest today is a New York Times bestselling author, serial entrepreneur,
0:38.4	non-profit CEO and political leader.
0:41.6	In 2018, after serving for 11 years in the Georgia House of Representatives,
0:46.8	seven as Democratic leader, Stacey Abrams became the Democratic nominee for governor of Georgia,
0:53.2	winning more votes than any other Democrat in the state's history.
0:57.6	Leader Abrams was the first black woman to become the gubernatorial nominee for a major party
1:03.2	in the United States, and she was the first black woman and first Georgian to deliver the response
1:09.4	to the state of the Union. After witnessing the handling of the 2018 election by the Georgia
1:14.8	Secretary of State's office, Leader Abrams launched fair fight to ensure every American has a
1:21.4	voice in our election system. Over the course of her career, Leader Abrams has founded multiple
1:26.8	organizations devoted to voting rights, training and hiring young people of color,
1:31.5	and tackling social issues at both the state and national levels.
1:35.6	Stacey Abrams is a lifetime member of the council on foreign relations, where she serves on the
1:41.5	subcommittee on diversity. Leader Abrams, welcome to Words Matter.
1:46.0	Thank you for having me. So before we talk about politics,
1:50.2	I want to talk about you for a moment. You are the second of six children.
1:55.2	You're born in Madison, Wisconsin and raised in Gulfport, Mississippi and in Georgia,
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