>> She is planning to ░░░░░░░░ a federal lawsuit against ░░░░░░░░ state for what she ░░░░░░░░ gross mismanagement of the ░░░░░░░░ Joining me now for ░░░░░░░░ first national interview since ░░░░░░░░ the race minority leader ░░░░░░░░ the house Stacey Abrams ░░░░░░░░ for joining us You ░░░░░░░░ that democracy failed in ░░░░░░░░ Obviously you re referring ░░░░░░░░ some of the messy ░░░░░░░░ of democracy as you ░░░░░░░░ it incompetence and mismanagement ░░░░░░░░ you think there was ░░░░░░░░ interference in the election ░░░░░░░░ And I believe it ░░░░░░░░ eight years ago with ░░░░░░░░ systematic disenfranchisement of more ░░░░░░░░ a million voters It ░░░░░░░░ with the underfunding and ░░░░░░░░ in polling places in ░░░░░░░░ and in the management ░░░░░░░░ the county delivery of ░░░░░░░░ And I think it ░░░░░░░░ its pinnacle in this ░░░░░░░░ A few months before ░░░░░░░░ may of 2018 a ░░░░░░░░ primary had to be ░░░░░░░░ for a do over ░░░░░░░░ a number of voters ░░░░░░░░ not receive accurate ballots ░░░░░░░░ know that there has ░░░░░░░░ a dramatic discrepancy in ░░░░░░░░ way that absentee ballots ░░░░░░░░ allocated and counted across ░░░░░░░░ 159 counties So yes ░░░░░░░░ was a deliberate and ░░░░░░░░ disinvestment and I think ░░░░░░░░ of the administration of ░░░░░░░░ in the state of ░░░░░░░░ Let me ask you ░░░░░░░░ Kemp when he was ░░░░░░░░ of state did oversee ░░░░░░░░ process in which 1 ░░░░░░░░ million voters were removed ░░░░░░░░ the voting roles You ░░░░░░░░ in Washington D C ░░░░░░░░ a Republican stronghold If ░░░░░░░░ don t vote in ░░░░░░░░ last four years you ░░░░░░░░ removed from the voting ░░░░░░░░ and I don t ░░░░░░░░ anybody thinks that s ░░░░░░░░ It s just because ░░░░░░░░ inactivity What s the ░░░░░░░░ between what Kemp did ░░░░░░░░ if you don t ░░░░░░░░ within three years in ░░░░░░░░ you re removed from ░░░░░░░░ roles and what they ░░░░░░░░ all over the country ░░░░░░░░ here in Washington Maintaining ░░░░░░░░ voter roles is absolutely ░░░░░░░░ The vigor with which ░░░░░░░░ did so and the ░░░░░░░░ of which he did ░░░░░░░░ perfect example is the ░░░░░░░░ year old civil rights ░░░░░░░░ who lived in the ░░░░░░░░ end of Atlanta for ░░░░░░░░ years voted in every ░░░░░░░░ election since 1968 in ░░░░░░░░ neighborhood and she was ░░░░░░░░ from the polls She ░░░░░░░░ to vote and her ░░░░░░░░ had to take more ░░░░░░░░ two hours to get ░░░░░░░░ access to a provisional ░░░░░░░░ This is someone who ░░░░░░░░ never failed to vote ░░░░░░░░ so the problem we ░░░░░░░░ is that it s ░░░░░░░░ by a thousand cuts ░░░░░░░░ removed voters who were ░░░░░░░░ and denied access to ░░░░░░░░ 000 new citizens who ░░░░░░░░ have been added to ░░░░░░░░ roles but prevented them ░░░░░░░░ voting Trust in our ░░░░░░░░ rely os on believing ░░░░░░░░ are good actors who ░░░░░░░░ making this happen and ░░░░░░░░ was a horrible actor ░░░░░░░░ benefited from this That ░░░░░░░░ problematic.