Why is this legislature not heeding the warning of our founding fathers? Why is Texas bending the knee? You know, our founders, including Thomas Jefferson, understood the dangers of unchecked power. Jefferson reminded us that an elective despotism was not the government that we fought for. He distrusted any concentration of authority that ignored the voice of the people. And if redistricting can be rewritten at will, well, then we invite the possibility of maps being drawn every election cycle. (06:13–06:21)
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Asserts that Thomas Jefferson warned against elective despotism as contrary to the government fought for.
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