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Rashida Tlaib: “Voters, not politicians. It's a group in Michigan collected…”

Featuring: Rashida Tlaib, Democratic | U.S. House Michigan, District 12

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Published | Video Starts at 1:07:00

So they can just do that. Well, I can tell you, look, Michigan, it was very. It was very politicized. It was Backdoor dealings and the people, you know, Voters, not politicians. It's a group in Michigan collected thousands of signatures to get rid of the legislature having control over it. And it was good because it was transparent, unlike in the past. But I just want you to know it was the people on the ground that voted for it. (1:07:00–1:07:11)

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Asserts that a group in Michigan collected signatures to remove legislative control over redistricting.

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