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Peter Welch: “This is true in Louisiana and it's true in California on the…”

Featuring: Peter Welch, Democratic | U.S. Senate, Vermont

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Ranking Member Welch Rebukes Supreme Court's Decision to Turn Back the Clock on Voting Rights

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We're not assigning seats based on race, so we're actually drawing geographic districts, but we are assigning seats. You can dispute this if you want by the writers of the legislation. And by the way, This is true in Louisiana and it's true in California on the judgment of those legislators, the majority, about where they can get the most votes. Isn't that right? Well, I mean that's right, but that's our point is that these are political considerations. What you're saying is you're full on board with partisan gerrymandering. (03:02–03:11)

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Asserts that partisan considerations in districting occur in both Louisiana and California.

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