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Joseph Moody: “Today these maps are deepening the struggle for communities…”

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

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'These Maps Are Theft': Texas Dem Joe Moody Drops The Hammer On The GOP's Gerrymandering

Published | Video Starts at 01:57

We've heard over and over again that Republicans didn't have to have hearings on this map as if our people were being done some kind of a favor. But the people get what's going on, and they know that Today these maps are deepening the struggle for communities of color that will only worsen because one small man in D.C. demanded it. This is where division becomes dictatorship. The government against the people. Some people here are doing so much winning that they can't see what we're all losing. (01:57–02:07)

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Asserts that the redistricting maps worsen conditions for communities of color due to demands from a political figure in Washington, D.C.

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