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Cory Booker: “The Supreme Court said you can't have intentional bigotry.”

Featuring: Cory Booker, Democratic | U.S. Senate, New Jersey

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Published | Video Starts at 07:03

… people on the Supreme Court who just sent us back to post Reconstruction era realities that are eviscerating black representation in states with 25, 30, 35% African Americans. And again, The Supreme Court said you can't have intentional bigotry. So we're going to rely often on what is in result racially gerrymandered or racially gerrymandered maps that eliminate racial representation. (07:03–07:06)

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Asserts that the Supreme Court has ruled against intentional bigotry.

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