Stacey Abrams on Being Accused of Improperly Receiving Government Grants: ‘They’re Mad at Me for Proving that Democracy Can Deliver’

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Welcome back to the show.
>> Thanks for having me.
>> Let’s talk a bit about Georgia and what’s going on specifically in Georgia politics. The governor, Brian Kemp, signed a bill this week that outlined the Georgia general assembly’s subpoena powers. The Georgia Senate opened an investigation into you this year, alleging that a group you worked with improperly received government grants. You are on one way, some in some way, part of this group of people who are being targeted for their politics. What do you make of this?
>> I make of it that they are.
>> Failing at their.
>> Promises.
>> And they’re looking at those of us who managed to deliver.
>> For Americans.
>> And they’re targeting us. I stand accused of helping people register to vote, helping.
>> Them turn out and.
>> Vote, helping make certain that families that wanted to lower their energy costs got the equipment and the support they needed. So essentially, they’re mad at me for proving that democracy can deliver, and they would rather distract than actually do their jobs.
>> This is an administration. That is.
>> Being supported by a complicit Congress, and they are doing their level best to distract and destroy rather than to actually deliver. And I am one of the people they’ve targeted. Unfortunately, what that means is that rather than us being engaged in conversations.
>> And more.
>> Importantly.
>> In the work of serving the people, we’ve got to focus some of our attention on fighting against scurrilous accusations that are grounded in nothing but bad faith. And I think fear, because we keep coming pretty