"“We’ve got to point out that they are not just rigging the game. They are not just cheating. They’re kneecapping the players. They are taking out the opposition. That’s not fair. That is not right. That is not American.”"
"“This is not just cheating so Republicans can beat Democrats — this is cheating so that authoritarians can dismantle our systems so they don’t have to compete ever again.”"
"“Two weeks after the US supreme court effectively gutted a key pillar of the Voting Rights Act in Louisiana v Callais, a string of Republican-led states have scrambled to redraw their congressional maps to favor the GOP in upcoming elections by actively eliminating majority-minority districts.”"
"“Voting rights activists must continue to fight this redistricting drive in the courts, Abrams argued, even if they lose. This is no longer a battle of Democrats v Republicans. We’re in a competitive authoritarian state.”"
Republican-led states are redrawing congressional maps to favor the GOP by eliminating majority-minority districts, following the Supreme Court’s weakening of the Voting Rights Act in Louisiana v Callais. Stacey Abrams characterizes the actions as intentional cheating and “kneecapping the players,” removing opposition rather than playing fairly. She argues the stakes extend beyond party competition because the goal is to prevent future competition by dismantling democratic systems. Abrams calls for continued legal and electoral resistance, including fighting in courts even after losses. She links the weakening of civil rights protections to generational harm and describes the Voting Rights Act as a “cheat code” against voter suppression that has been significantly weakened.
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