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Hakeem Jeffries: “The Supreme Court has rubber-stamped a racially…”

Featuring: Hakeem Jeffries, Democratic | U.S. House New York, 8th Congressional District

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Leader Jeffries on Bloomberg Open Interest

Published | Video Starts at 00:28

It's open season, apparently, on redistricting. Does that mean every Democratic led state in the country needs to redraw their maps? Well, first of all, it's unfortunate that The Supreme Court has rubber-stamped a racially gerrymandered extreme map that Donald Trump ordered Texas Republicans to engineer. as part of his effort to try to rig the midterm elections in 2026. But notwithstanding this adverse ruling, we're going to continue to move forward and ensure that there is a fair map across the country. (00:28–00:45)

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Asserts that the Supreme Court approved a racially gerrymandered map in Texas ordered by Donald Trump.

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