House Minority Leader Stacey Abrams (D-Atlanta) speaking with Denis O'Hayer on “Morning Edition.”
The 2016 Democratic National Convention heard several voices from Georgia: Congressman John Lewis; former President Jimmy Carter (via video), and his grandson, former state Sen. Jason Carter; Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed; and State House Minority Leader Stacey Abrams.
In her speech on the first night of the convention, Abrams talked about a “new American majority.” On “Morning Edition,” hours before Hillary Clinton’s acceptance speech, Denis O’Hayer asked Abrams what she meant by a new majority, and what she thinks Clinton needs to do to win over voters who view her with suspicion.
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