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Peter Welch: “We are now in this total race to the bottom where…”

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

Published | Video Starts at 05:03

You have a problem with that? No, my problem is the Constitution. Do you have a problem with that? Look, I'm asking, I am asking as a citizen. We are now in this total race to the bottom where legislators are doing. We're going to be doing redistricting every two years. We're going to be doing that in every state. If there's a change in the legislature, they're going to be doing the same thing. (05:03–05:13)

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Asserts that redistricting is becoming a biennial process due to legislative changes.

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