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Jasmine Crockett: “We know that the Democrats should have been in control of…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 59:08

We have 38 seats in Texas. Only 13 belong to Democrats. The numbers are already completely skewed and they want to cheat to get five more seats. We know that the Democrats should have been in control of the House, but for the Republican controlled, newly Republican controlled Supreme Court in North Carolina deciding to redistrict again once they got control and taking three seats. So they are hell bent on power no matter what. And I don't know that the American people fully understand that. (59:08–59:24)

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Asserts that redistricting in North Carolina by a Republican-controlled Supreme Court prevented Democrats from controlling the House.

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