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Stacey Abrams Skips Biden's Voting Rights Events in Atlanta
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0:56Now PlayingStacey Abrams, the voting-rights activist and Georgia governor candidate, isn’t joining President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris in Atlanta for a Tuesday speech and appearances devoted to legislation that would guarantee access to the polls.
Abrams, who led get-out-the-vote efforts that swung the state to Biden and sent two Democrats to the U.S. Senate, has a scheduling conflict, according to spokesperson Seth Bringman. Biden had a “warm conversation” with Abrams and they remain united on the issue, White House spokesperson Jen Psaki said.
Many voting-rights organizers who worked closely with Abrams won’t join the delegation, which includes most of the state’s party leaders. Some issued an open letter, dismissing Tuesday’s visit as “an empty gesture, without concrete action.”
Reliably Republican for two decades, Georgia has become one of the country’s most-watched political battlegrounds. The state’s growing population of minority and young voters helped deliver the victories, a demographic boost that will be put to the test this year, as Abrams runs for governor and one of the two new senators, Rafael Warnock, defends his seat.
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