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Mike Johnson: “The Supreme Court issued a long awaited opinion...that…”

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

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Speaker Johnson joins Fox News Sunday

Published | Video Starts at 06:28

We're looking at, at losing possibly 19 members of the Congressional Black Caucus because of this frankly, racist redistricting efforts targeted towards disenfranchising black voters across the country. The Supreme Court issued a long awaited opinion...that drawing congressional lines must be fair. lines must be fair. You cannot draw lines on the basis of race. And that's what was done in Louisiana. So they declared it to be an unconstitutional gerrymander and it was. (06:28–06:37)

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Asserts the Supreme Court opinion mandates fair drawing of congressional lines.

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