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Al Green: “The court has done so [assumed good faith]...making it much…”

Featuring: Al Green, Democratic | U.S. House Texas, 9th Congressional District

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Rep. Green's Press Conference Regarding SCOTUS' Decision on Texas' Gerrymandered Redistricting Map

Published | Video Starts at 00:46

… make, I want it to be made perfectly clear that the Supreme Court of the United States of America has made it easy and quite possible for invidious discrimination to … The court has done so [assumed good faith]...making it much easier for racial gerrymandering to take place. … what has happened. The President of the United States of America is the person who initiated this whole process. The President desired new maps in Texas midterm redistricting to take place and he wanted five additional seats. (00:46–01:06)

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Asserts that the court's assumption of good faith facilitates racial gerrymandering.

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