Stacey Abrams said she was "punished" for "refusing to disrespect

Voting rights advocate Stacey Abrams said Tuesday she felt punished and insulted in the summer of 2020 while having to endure questions about her ability to handle the job of the Vice President of the United States. When candidate Joe Biden was considering choosing her as his colleague, Abrams spoke to author NK Jemison on the first day of the South by Southwest festival taking place this year.I was chastised for refusing to insult and pretending that I was ineffective because I had no position and position that people have seen," Abrams said, adding that she was asked. A question that few people have to contend with.

There is these cynicism as opposed to looking at basic questions. I was asked a question where white men were not asked," Do you qualify? "Abrams said.The former Georgia House minority leader said there was "Absolutely anomaly" in society with "the guts of people of color think we are in the void and proclaim that we deserve to be approached.In 2018, Abrams lost the Georgia gubernatorial race to Republican Brain Kemp with less than 55,000 votes, she said, "the blockage of thousands of voters definitely affects the outcome" and said. Joking about her career path that "The road to success"I'm really close to crossing the line. But it never gets through it, ”Abrams said. She noted that she was able to get more involved with the voting rights movement.

Due to the improper actions of the แจ็คพอตแตกง่าย decision-makers who seem to me, I shouldn't be as involved in their politics as much as they should.Abrams, who is releasing her new political fiction book "While Justice Sleeps" in May, shows she has achieved tremendous political success through storytelling and engagement with voters.You have to make voters center, people-center, person-centered," Abrams said. "If it's about other people and they don't see themselves as an advantage or victim, then give them a reason to ignore them.Abrams, founder of the 2018 Fair Fight Action, a national organization aiming to tackle the crackdown on voters, said voters had to be wary of holding elected officials accountable.

She said more than 250 proposals to restrict voting in states across the country were trying to reverse the progress made by voters who appeared in the latest election round to have their voices heard.We work to engage with the largest number of communities of color as active voters in Georgia in the state's history We do it by telling a story about their power, ”Abrams said.“ And now we have 253 bills nationwide. Try to quit acting. "Last week, the state Senate in Georgia narrowly passed a bill that would cancel a vote with no excuse if it was signed into the law. During the November elections, 1.3 million voters in Georgia used their postal ballots to vote.The new proposed law also creates stricter identification requirements for people wishing to vote by mail, and will make Georgia the toughest state to request broken ballots.

On Sunday, during an interview with CNN Abrams urged Republican state lawmakers to push for further voting restrictions on "racism" and "redundant Jim Crowe." In a suit and tie The only connection we can find is that more blacks are voting, and it has shifted the election results in a way that Republicans dislike," Abrams told CNN. "Instead of celebrating better access and greater engagement, their response was to try and eliminate access to voting for communities of color primarily," she said.Abrams is speaking on the first day of the virtual South by Southwest festival held annually in Austin, Texas. Other notable politicians speaking at the festival later this week include Transport Minister Pete Buttigieg, Senator Amy Klobuchar and former President George W. Bush.