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Raphael Warnock: “Gerrymandering is about politicians picking their voters.”

Featuring: Raphael Warnock, Democratic | U.S. Senate Georgia

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Published | Video Starts at 08:45

They're trying to turn the democracy upside down. That's what gerrymandering is about. So that rather than the people picking the politicians, … Gerrymandering is about politicians picking their voters. … But I've got news for them. The democracy doesn't belong to the politicians. It belongs to the people. And the people are coming to get their power back. (08:45–08:47)

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Asserts that gerrymandering allows politicians to choose their voters instead of voters choosing politicians.

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