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Greg Abbott: “We wanted to remove those coalition districts and draw them…”

Featuring: Greg Abbott, Republican | Governor of Texas

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'What gives you the right?' CNN's Jake Tapper calls out Texas gov on GOP’s election scheme

Published | Video Starts at 03:02

The federal court decision that came out last year said that Texas is no longer required to have coalition districts. And as a result, we had drawn maps of coalition districts in it. Now We wanted to remove those coalition districts and draw them in ways that in fact turned out to provide more seats for Hispanics. for example, for the districts are predominantly Hispanic. It just coincides it's going to be Hispanic Republicans elected to those seats. One thing that's happened in the state of Texas is the Hispanic community. (03:02–03:13)

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Asserts that redistricting aims to provide more seats for Hispanics.

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