Stacey Abrams: I Have Said Many Times Trump’s a Racist

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP Stacey ░░░░░░░░ FOUNDER FAIR FIGHT ACTION ░░░░░░░░ acknowledge that former Secretary ░░░░░░░░ State Brian Kemp will ░░░░░░░░ certified as the Victor ░░░░░░░░ the 2018 gubernatorial election ░░░░░░░░ to watch an elected ░░░░░░░░ who claims to represent ░░░░░░░░ people in the state ░░░░░░░░ pin his hopes for ░░░░░░░░ on suppression of the ░░░░░░░░ s democratic right to ░░░░░░░░ has been truly appalling ░░░░░░░░ let s be clear ░░░░░░░░ is not a speech ░░░░░░░░ concession END VIDEO CLIP ░░░░░░░░ That was Georgia s ░░░░░░░░ Abrams last November at ░░░░░░░░ end of her bid ░░░░░░░░ become the first African ░░░░░░░░ female governor in the ░░░░░░░░ S mincing no words ░░░░░░░░ she believed voter suppression ░░░░░░░░ the election to her ░░░░░░░░ Now after months of ░░░░░░░░ about her political future ░░░░░░░░ whether she would join ░░░░░░░░ crowded 2020 presidential field ░░░░░░░░ this week launched her ░░░░░░░░ initiative Fair Fight 2020 ░░░░░░░░ on taking on what ░░░░░░░░ calls voter suppression in ░░░░░░░░ upcoming election ABC s ░░░░░░░░ Davis traveled to Atlanta ░░░░░░░░ discuss Abrams efforts BEGIN ░░░░░░░░ Lindsey Davis ABC News ░░░░░░░░ Do you believe that ░░░░░░░░ are essentially rigged ABRAMS ░░░░░░░░ I mean by rigged ░░░░░░░░ this we have a ░░░░░░░░ to vote in the ░░░░░░░░ States that is afforded ░░░░░░░░ eligible American citizens but ░░░░░░░░ have seen over the ░░░░░░░░ 20 years a constriction ░░░░░░░░ who has the right ░░░░░░░░ use that right We ░░░░░░░░ seen it through voter ░░░░░░░░ laws You can t ░░░░░░░░ on the rolls And ░░░░░░░░ you get on the ░░░░░░░░ you can t stay ░░░░░░░░ may not be able ░░░░░░░░ cast your ballot because ░░░░░░░░ close your precinct or ░░░░░░░░ change the rules that ░░░░░░░░ rigging the game Davis ░░░░░░░░ have suggested that voter ░░░░░░░░ is more insidious now ░░░░░░░░ 2019 than it was ░░░░░░░░ in the 60s How ░░░░░░░░ ABRAMS We have always ░░░░░░░░ with voter suppression But ░░░░░░░░ s happened in the ░░░░░░░░ 20 years is that ░░░░░░░░ s gone underground It ░░░░░░░░ no longer hoses and ░░░░░░░░ that say you cannot ░░░░░░░░ it is this insidious ░░░░░░░░ that says it s ░░░░░░░░ neutral that we re ░░░░░░░░ putting in these laws ░░░░░░░░ place for everyone but ░░░░░░░░ know it has a ░░░░░░░░ effect on the communities ░░░░░░░░ have long been marginalized ░░░░░░░░ In the last presidential ░░░░░░░░ there was a decrease ░░░░░░░░ black voters for the ░░░░░░░░ time in two decades ░░░░░░░░ initiative obviously is to ░░░░░░░░ sure people can vote ░░░░░░░░ do you make sure ░░░░░░░░ show up at the ░░░░░░░░ ABRAMS In America we ░░░░░░░░ choose to vote or ░░░░░░░░ vote Good candidates give ░░░░░░░░ a reason to vote ░░░░░░░░ good government makes certain ░░░░░░░░ can cast that vote ░░░░░░░░ what I take exception ░░░░░░░░ is that we do ░░░░░░░░ have people in government ░░░░░░░░ are living up to ░░░░░░░░ obligations In fact they ░░░░░░░░ thwarting the will of ░░░░░░░░ people by denying them ░░░░░░░░ And that s just ░░░░░░░░