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Peter Welch: “What's happened with that is we have a race to the bottom…”

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 04:37

As a citizen and as a lawyer, I understand that's actually the system that we have. That's actually what the Constitution says we want to change it. What's happened with that is we have a race to the bottom now. And you heard me suggest to my chairman who I think is a tremendous colleague that we ought to be having a battle over ideas as opposed to picking the voters that we want to vote for us. (04:37–04:42)

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Asserts that current redistricting practices have led to a 'race to the bottom.'

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