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Mike Johnson: “43% of the electorate in California is Republican. 14% of…”

Featuring: Mike Johnson, Republican | Speaker of the United States House of Representatives | National

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Speaker Johnson Joins John Berman on CNN News Central

Published | Video Starts at 05:05

They're going to vote on it. They are. But the way he set that up. It'S not disenfranchising if they can vote. Well, it is because, listen, 43% of the electorate in California is Republican. 14% of their delegation to Congress is Republican. They've already disenfranchised people. They've already gerrymandered. And it's interesting to me that Democrats who have been playing politics with their districting for decades are now trying to lecture the red states and Republicans who are simply following state and federal law. (05:05–05:13)

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Asserts that 43% of California's electorate is Republican, but only 14% of their congressional delegation is Republican.

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