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Mike Johnson: “Democrats who have been playing politics with their…”

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 05:17

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. That's what they did in Texas. There's a big difference between what's happening in those states. You studied the Republicans in California. (05:17–05:24)

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Asserts that Democrats have been manipulating districting for decades.

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