Republicans grill Stacey Abrams: Are blue states ‘racist,’ too?

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Republicans spent much of the question-and-answer period of a Senate hearing zeroing in on Stacey Abrams, a popular messenger for Democrats' voting legislation.

Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., listens as Stacey Abrams testifies remotely during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on voting rights on Capitol Hill on April 20, 2021.Republican senators questioned Stacey Abrams during a Senate hearing Tuesday about voting rights, quizzing her over whether state laws in Democratic-controlled states are “racist” and whether her own 2018 gubernatorial race was “stolen.

Abrams said she believed that those five states were “behind the eight ball” and the laws should be changed by federal legislation. The Texas senator pressed Abrams on the states again and accused her of “filibustering” his questions. Twice, he asked her if voter ID is racist.She responded that Georgia’s law was at issue because it had “targeted” communities of color by changing a longstanding mail voting policy only after voters of color embraced it in recent years.

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, quoted Abrams own comments about the 2018 Georgia governor's race, which she has said she lost“Yes or no, today, do you still maintain that the 2018 election was stolen?” Cruz asked her. Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., asked Abrams if she regretted what he described as a"central role" in Major League Baseball'sAbrams said she had not encouraged the MLB to move the game.

 

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I hope everyone can see the Republican Party is racist. Just a bunch of racist white men and women who long to get their white pointy hats and robes out of the closet. Seriously.

The GOP has a superiority complex they will look truth in the face and deny it because it hurt so bad. They are not the sharpest pencils in the box so the attempt to suppress and destroy. Game Over Dudes!!

The racism in the US has no borders. There's been weak minded people who feel that their race is above all other races for a long time. It all stems from lazy greedy white people many yrs. ago unwilling to do their own hard work.

Hate blinds and destroys the human from the inside out. Many will expire without ever knowing the truth that the creation is perfect. Anyone or anything that devalues the creation is demonic. Stay Away!!

You guys are funny looking serious and waisting money for nothing grilling a lady get a life

They’re only talking to themselves and a constituency that will never know that the hearing even took place.

No Republican is clever enough to grill Stacey Abrams, certainly not the likes of Cornyn and Graham. They are losing big time, they know it but keep on hanging by their nails on the edge. NOBODY can do that very long. Georgia Kemp elections AJC nytimes Acosta maddow GMA

is this supposed to be a gotcha? i don’t get it...

Republicans only hope to win elections is vote restricting . Instead of having policies to help average Americans, such a pity

Stacey Abrams is a sore loser that can’t move on.

Stacey Abrams is really clinging on to that 15 minutes

MargieMinutell3 RACISM IS EVERYWHERE ASS KLOWN.

There's that Big Tent party in action again, as always TOTALLY not motivated by an endless reserve of spiteful trolling.

Rent free

NBC time for an interview?Or are you scared of Jesus ChristWill see.🔱

GO staceyabrams .....taking up real estate in these brains is proof of how much progress you are making!

Careful what you wish for.

Jokes on them Stacey is popular but she is weak They are going to have themselves another Seussgate

You know, I hated Trump calling the press the enemy of the people. But I am depressed to realize he was speaking truth.

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'Too?' So are they admitting that red states are racist?

They fear her, and it shows

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