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James Talarico: “We have seen the most aggressive power since Jim Crow just…”

Featuring: James Talarico, Democratic | Texas House of Representatives, District 50

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James Talarico makes pitch to Black voters, defends Jasmine Crockett

Published | Video Starts at 12:31

And then we as a, as a U.S. senate, we as a Congress, must pass the John Lewis Voting Rights act because We have seen the most aggressive power since Jim Crow just over the last 12 months with these court rulings, with these racist redistricting maps in states like Texas. You know, my colleagues and I in the state House, we broke quorum last summer to shine a national spotlight on this, this redistricting power grab in our state that is systematically diluting the voting power of black and brown Texans. (12:31–12:44)

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Asserts that recent court rulings and redistricting maps in Texas are the most aggressive since Jim Crow.

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