Marisa and Scott discuss the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol and the response of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and California Republicans in Congress. Then, political organizer Steve Phillips, founder of Democracy in Color, joins to talk about the connection between the coup attempt and the Democrats’ Senate wins in Georgia and his upcoming book on how the Civil War continued beyond Appomattox. Phillips also discusses his first meeting with Stacey Abrams in 2011 and the reluctance of some national organizations to invest in candidates of color.
Political Breakdown
Steve Phillips on the Transformation of Georgia Politics and How the South 'Never Surrendered in the Civil War'
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Vice President-elect Kamala Harris with Georgia Democratic Senate candidates Rev. Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff wave to the crowd during a drive-in rally at Bibb Mill Event Center on December 21, 2020 in Columbus, Georgia. (Jessica McGowan/Getty Images)
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