Abrams said attempts to restrict mail-in voting in Georgia were a ‘redux of Jim Crow in a suit and tie’. Plus, female artists swept the Grammys
Stacey Abrams launched a searing attack on proposals to restrict voting access in Georgia, describing them as “racist” and “a redux of Jim Crow in a suit and tie” this weekend. Abrams, a former senior state legislator who was credited with helping the Democrats win crucial senate races in the state last year, has become a key voting-rights activist in recent years.
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