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Mike Johnson: “Democrats spent decades trying to engineer electoral maps…”

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

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Speaker Johnson Delivers Remarks at House Republican Press Conference

Published | Video Starts at 06:44

In the Calais case at the U.S. supreme Court, the Court restored a simple but profound truth. Yes, the Constitution protects every American equally, and that's a very important concept for us to maintain. This is another fact. Democrats spent decades trying to engineer electoral maps that divided Americans. And this decision from the Supreme Court hopefully ends that terrible practice once and for all. We find it amusing that Democrats are suddenly concerned about fair congressional representation, they say. (06:44–06:50)

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Asserts that Democrats have spent decades manipulating electoral maps to divide Americans.

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