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Al Green: “The President indicated that by and through his Justice…”

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 02:15

This is all about maintaining the majority in the House of Representatives. And in so doing, the President introduced rapid into the entire dialogue that has taken place. The President indicated that by and through his Justice Department that the lines in Texas had been drawn with race in mind. Texas, of course, denied this. But after denying it, Texas went on to draft lines that in fact did include race as a part of the design. They were racially designed lines. (02:15–02:25)

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Asserts that the President's Justice Department claimed Texas lines were racially drawn.

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