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Joseph Moody: “These lines snake into districts to grab airports and…”

Featuring: Joseph Moody, Democratic | Texas House of Representatives, District 78

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Joe Moody's Closing Statement In Redistricting Committee

Published | Video Starts at 02:44

We are truly doing worse in 2025 Austin than in 1787 Philadelphia. And it's not just votes. Politicians want to choose their voters and rob the rest. These lines snake into districts to grab airports and industry and medical centers. These maps steal the economic engines that we built. And we're supposed to be grateful for that? We didn't have to have this hearing that was given to us scraps. (02:44–02:49)

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Asserts that the redistricting maps strategically include economic assets within certain districts.

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