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Being here with kendra as well because the work that is happening on the ground right now, it s extraordinary. i think we have seen extraordinary work across the last few cycles in terms of the work, independent organizations are doing to make sure that voters are informed, to make sure that they have the information that they need. to make sure that they are registered, to make sure they get to the polls. really is an extraordinary effort of the two largest programs in the state are represented on your program right now. that s important because it means when we ended the general election, we actually started our program overall collectively, started three times larger than they were at the end of the general in 2020. we went into the runoff and going into this runoff bigger, and more robust than we went into the last runoff. that is meaningful and you can see the way that that s playing out. the excitement that s happening on the ground, i think georgia voters are demonstrating once ....
Take, there are citizenship and their stewardship of our democracy very seriously. but they re also demonstrating which we re talking about earlier, that this means on a mattress of the country but it means something to georgians. and the stark difference between the choices is not lost in any way, shape or form on these voters. their understanding about what needs to happen and what they need to do to make sure that we get a candidate like senator warnock and not the other is again, significant in the way that they understand what s happening. kendra, there was some reporting today and the new york times that i want to ask you. quote the winner of today s election will serve and that has been overwhelmingly white throughout its history. but a race that may seem like a trial for black political prior has sort of complicated mix of emotions for many black georgians. walker s troubled candidacy has clouded their pride with suspicions, this may, offense, even embarrassment. i wonder ken ....
That outreach, which has been done by a lot of people, a lot of institutions has put the state into play for democrats? if i can touch base on that last one, and that conversation. i think that we talked to a lot of folks on the doors, just today who voted yesterday early and there you know, they were upset that about having to stand an hour and a, half to our long lines. they do not see that as a badge of honor. they see that as obstacles being put up in their way, they see it as harassment. to their ability to be there and get to the polls and cast a ballot. they don t think it should be that, way while it is on the one hand we want to applaud people for their perseverance, a relation of you that way. i do think and i appreciate being here with kendra as well because the work that is happening on the ground right ....
Ugly alicia brings this home, and the general election nbc news exit poll shows that a quarter, one in four georgia voters that their vote was about opposing donald trump. he is a former president, that s extraordinary and it s unusual and 94% of those voters supported raphael warnock. the more trump becomes an issue in this race, the more it benefits raphael warnock, not herschel walker. so i ll kapoor for, us in atlanta thank you. georgians are making history in this runoff, casting more early ballots friday. and that any single day ever recorded. joining me now adrienne trump shyer and black back, and the ceo of the new georgia project action fund. it is good to see both especially when you re both at your busiest. kendra, we cannot a site of the law passed last year to drastically shortened the number of early voting days of the runoff election. i think you sort of look at these images and these videos of voters standing in line, sometimes two hours, the line wrapping around th ....
Their stewardship of our democracy very seriously. but they re also demonstrating which we re talking about earlier, that this means on a mattress of the country but it means something to georgians. and the stark difference between the choices is not lost in any way, shape or form on these voters. their understanding about what needs to happen and what they need to do to make sure that we get a candidate like senator warnock and not the other is again, significant in the way that they understand what s happening. kendra, there was some reporting today and the new york times that i want to ask you. quote the winner of today s election will serve and that has been overwhelmingly white throughout its history. but a race that may seem like a trial for black political prior has sort of complicated mix of emotions for many black georgians. ....