Michael Steele

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930 appearances 4 recordings 1 series first heard Jul 2026 last heard 11 Sep

Michael Steele’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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The Briefing with Jen Psaki · Blame game clown show: Trump looks for Iran fiasco scapegoats · 7 Aug 2026 podcast

61 years ago today, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act into law. matched

And some days, I really do wonder what Martin Luther King Jr. matched

and Medgar Evers and John Lewis would think if they were here today and witnessed the current state of voting rights in America. matched

After all, it hasn't even been four months since the Supreme Court drove the final stake into the heart of the Voting Rights Act. matched

and emboldened Republican leaders across the country to redraw their maps to dilute democratic, and let's just be straight up honest about it, black power to help them win elections. matched

But if there is a silver lining in all of this, it's that Republicans can redraw the lines all they want. matched

but they cannot dictate how each one of you will vote inside those lines. matched

Tonight's Tennessee primary marks the first election that will use these new maps. matched

And the question is, will it backfire on Republicans come November? matched

Well, that's up to you. matched

Joining me now is someone who knows all about that fight for voting rights, lead organizer of the 10 Steps Campaign and host of the podcast, Assembly Required, Stacey Abrams. matched

Stacey, it's so good to see you. matched

I just wanna, out of the box, just ask about Memphis specifically, where the ninth congressional district, the one that was a majority black district was completely erased. matched

There were tons of protests when that happened. matched

And I think it was my impression, at least, that such an action could motivate Democrats and not just Democrats, but independent and even some Republicans in that district to show up and vote today. matched

Have you seen any evidence of that energy, either in Tennessee or in other states where Republicans have taken similar actions? matched

So to that point, because of your travels in the spaces and places that you've been in, have you seen any evidence of voter suppression working during primaries in states that have redistricted where, you know, there is that all out effort? matched

Sometimes it's mass, but at the end of the day, there's an all out effort to make sure that certain voters don't find their way to the polls. matched

OK, so from from what you've just said, you know, this ongoing effort that many of us have been raising flags about how this administration is just screwing around with the elections to to really muck it up and to know on the backside of the election. matched

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