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Bodies, is something that is fundamental to the liberation work and the social justice work. and the political work that we are also so committed to. kendra, new georgia project has spent years mobilizing, activating voters. what did you see as they talk driving people to the polls? in addition to reproductive health as it already been in reproductive justice has been mentioned, voters wants expanded health care, voters want affordable housing, voters want an increased living wage. and all of these things from the ballot. and people saw real tangible benefit from that 2021 runoff, and the 2020 to 2020 election, when we got joe biden to the presidency. what folks realize, you, know the student loan forgiveness, you know, the student service along program. the debt relief that we received with student loans, all of those things are real things, tangible things that we ....
Because i m afraid, or i m afraid of democracy, i m afraid for my bodily autonomy, i feel threatened right? and i understood that that was also a component parts, and you know, we really need to acknowledge, i think that there is to some degree a backlash effect happening in states like georgia where we hear or see political realignment of some longtime gop voting bloc. especially white college educated voters joining this coalition of democrats and coalition all democratic traditional supporters. and it really does provide, i think, a really bright opportunity in the sun belt across georgia, north carolina, in florida, texas, and arizona, and other states. kendra, one of the knights sort of biggest horry is the even deeper divide between blue urban and ruby red rural georgia. just how divided is the state now? because truthfully, when you talk to both of those people, there are just looking to take care of their families. ....
A little less than 12,000 votes. right? so if you can, with precision, whittle away folks who might be more progressively leaning and there, you know, in their ideology, then we can make it a little more difficult for them to actually cast their ballot, then you re gonna up your chances of being successful and on election. you couple that with the reduction in the timeframe, with the snafus, is with sending out these absentee bots are not sending them out. you couple that with the idea that you can just go up and challenge somebody s validity week, and that person has to prove that they actually are they actually live here in georgia, it s odd by design to ensure that those currently have power remain in power. kendra, cliff, thank you to both of you for the work you re doing, and thanks for coming on ....
And that s a matter of policy. we can go up and down. what he says about health care, when he says about insulin, that you don t need insulin because it doesn t work, that s a danger. herschel walker isn t just a barest meant, particularly to black voters, but he s a clear and present danger when it comes to our health and our safety and our economic well being. kendra, let s talk about the ground game for a second. as i mentioned there in that set up, more than 76,000 georgians who did not turn out in the general election last month, they ve voted early and the runoff election. and i think most people are surprised by that number, given the fact that republicans have lost control of the senate already. but that s a substantial number of turnout. when you make of that? well, but give me a little anecdote personally. i ve got a 21-year-old who is a senior at harvard and boston. i think it s a mischaracterization to say that these folks spat out the election. she never received her ....
Ensure that those currently have power remain in power. kendra, cliff, thank you to both of you for the work you re doing, and thanks for coming on tonight and talking about this. we ll see what happens in the next 48 hours. greatly appreciate your time. richard louis is here with the headlines, hey, richard. we stories we re watching the summer, 27 year old man has been arrested in the killing of an elderly massachusetts couple, putting an end to a days long man hunt. police apprehending him in miami beach after the couple was found dead on tuesday night. north carolina officials are investigating widespread power outages as an intentional criminal act. the more county sheriff s office says gunfire appears to have damaged to electric substations. about 45,000 people remain without power as of sunday afternoon. and taylor swift fans are suing live nation entertainment. the parent company of ticketmaster, following a presale debacle for her music to her. ....