On Wednesday’s broadcast of MS NOW’s “All In,” failed Georgia Democratic political candidate Stacey Abrams said that with redistricting, Republicans are “intentionally eroding black voting power.” Host Chris Hayes said, “Stacey, let me just start by by what the scene was like in Tennessee today. We saw lots of protests. We see people sort of marshaling collective, resistance to this, but they are being steamrolled right now, it seems, by a supermajority of Republicans in the state.”
Abrams said, “Absolutely. So, Chris, we were in the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing. No one was allowed in except for those of us who were testifying. And the members of the committee outside. You could hear chants. You could see people who desperately wanted to be a part of the conversation, but were denied the right and inside the leader, the minority leader, Ramesh Akbari, had to ask where the bill was. And what they said is, well, we don’t have the legislation yet. We just have a map. So basically they were considering a picture. They didn’t even they move so quickly. They didn’t even have the text of the bill. And having served in the legislature for 11 years, I’m here to tell you I don’t remember voting on a bill that didn’t actually exist.”
