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Hakeem Jeffries: “They tried to rip five seats away from the people of…”

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

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House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries Pushes for Redistricting in Illinois

Published | Video Starts at 03:59

Why right now? Well, Donald Trump has unleashed this unprecedented gerrymandering on the country. We've never seen anything like this and of course, it started in Texas, where They tried to rip five seats away from the people of [Texas]. that great state. Then it continued from Texas to Missouri, where they ripped the seat away, broke Kansas City up into fragments. (03:59–04:03)

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