Tennessee State Rep. Justin Pearson: ‘The Fight for the Future of This Country Is in the South’

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PEARSON: “Yeah. Democrats have to organize everywhere, but particularly in the South. I’m still running for the United States Congress, District 9, and we’ve already got some elected members of Congress who are going to be coming down here. We are going to Selma and Montgomery on Saturday. We have to invest in the South and invest in candidates who can still win. They have tried to rig the maps and try and dilute our voice and dilute our power, but this is an opportunity for us to actually show up, organize, mobilize, and make them regret it. And this is the moment not to give in and not to give up, but to actually be in the fight. Because there’s no way that we get a majority in the House, there’s no way we win a majority in the Senate if we abandon the South. And so, Democrats need to come on to Memphis, come on to Fayette County, come on to Williamson County and help us to organize, rally the resources, donate to these campaigns, because the fight is in the South. The fight for the future of this country is in the South.”