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Stacey Abrams speaks in Cleveland at Rep. Fudge's forum, and at the SEIU, ODP event, both events focused on voting rights, Congresswoman Fudge the chair of the House subcommittee on voting rights and former chair of the Congressional Black Caucus and Abrams a voting rights activist and popular Black Democrat who lost a close race for governor of Georgia in 2018....Abrams delivered the Democratic response to President Trump's January 2019 State of the Union address, the first Black woman to ever do so....By editor Kathy Wray Coleman of Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com, Ohio's most read Black digital newspaper and Black blog

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Voting rights activist Stacey Abrams, who narrowly lost a race in 2018 for Georgia governor as the Democratic gubernatorial nominee, and Ohio 11th Congressional District Congresswoman Marcia Fudge at a voting rights forum in Cleveland on Oct 19, 2019 that featured Abrams and was spearheaded by Fudge, a Warrensville Heights Democrat whose congressional district includes Cleveland Cleveland Municipal Housing Court judicial candidate W. Mona' Scott and Ohio 11th Congressional District Congresswoman Marcia Fudge at a voting rights forum in Cleveland on Oct 19, 2019 that was spearheaded by Fudge, a Warrensville Heights Democrat whose congressional district includes Cleveland, and featured voting rights activist Stacey Abrams, who narrowly lost a race in 2018 for Georgia governor as the Democratic gubernatorial nominee Black women of greater Cleveland pose at a women's rights and voting rights forum in Cleveland on Oct 19, 2019 that was spearheaded by Ohio D

Stacey Abrams delivers Democratic response to the State of the Union, slams shutdown

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Stacey Abrams Stacey Abrams, the Democrat who  narrowly lost Georgia's gubernatorial election  in November, delivered the Democratic rebuttal to  President Trump's State of the Union address from her hometown of Atlanta, highlighting her working class roots and criticizing the president for the recent government shutdown. "Just a few weeks ago, I joined volunteers to distribute meals to furloughed federal workers. They waited in line for a box of food and a sliver of hope since they hadn't received a paycheck in weeks," Abrams said, accusing Mr. Trump of "making their livelihoods a pawn for political games." Abrams alluded to her time as the minority leader of the Georgia state House of Representatives, saying that in times of difficulty in the state, "the leaders of our state didn't shut down — we came together. And we kept our word." "It should be no different in our nation's capital. We may come from different s