… act and the subsequent move by state after state, beginning with Texas, to eliminate majority minority districts and eliminate the voting power of black and brown communities across the South. When I left Congress, we had six African American members of Congress from a delegation of 38. If I'm not successful in this, runoff will go down to 2. You look at what's happened in Tennessee and Louisiana and in Florida, what's going to happen in South Carolina, all across the south we're seeing a retrenchment and a re return really of a kind of segregation and a loss of representation. (04:26–04:34)
CLAIM
Asserts that the number of African American members of Congress from a delegation of 38 will decrease from six to two if he is not successful.
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