Cory Booker: “What the Supreme Court says is we don't need that anymore…”

“The voting rights stopped Southern states from disenfranchising black people by Drawing crazy maps that meant a state like Louisiana where a third of the people are black and they have no representation. And so What the Supreme Court says is we don't need that anymore. And what are all those states doing? They're redistricting to eviscerate black political representation. When we say eviscerate, sorry sir, are they chopping up? Yes. By the way, you voted right back, I believe 1965.” (13:37–13:47)

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