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Hakeem Jeffries: “We expect that there will be a decision sometime soon from a…”

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

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House Minority Leader Jeffries and DCCC Chair DelBene Hold News Conference

Published | Video Starts at 13:52

Because the five districts that were targeted by Donald Trump and Texas Republicans were all represented by African American or Latino members, all five that they want to wipe out as part of their effort to rig the midterm elections. And We expect that there will be a decision sometime soon from a three judge panel in Texas that might conclude that what was done by Texas Republicans was unlawful. And that's very different, as Susan pointed out, than what the People decided in California to make sure that they had a fair map, that we would be determined by them as individuals, citizens of California and not Donald Trump. (13:52–14:07)

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Asserts expectation of a decision from a Texas panel that may find Texas Republicans' actions unlawful.

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