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Jasmine Crockett: “Historically, every time someone has challenged maps in the…”

Featuring: Jasmine Crockett, Democratic | U.S. House, Texas, District 30

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Democratic U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett talks government shutdown, redistricting federal court hearing

Published | Video Starts at 12:42

How confident are you in the plaintiffs and Democrats arguments that the new congressional maps in Texas are unconstitutional and illegal? So I'm very confident that they are both unconstitutional and illegal. I will tell you that Historically, every time someone has challenged maps in the state of Texas, they have been found to be intentionally discriminatory. At least when we're talking about the congressional maps. I don't anticipate this to be any different. (12:42–12:51)

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