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Ron DeSantis: “It was purely to manufacture a certain racial composition…”

Featuring: Ron DeSantis, Republican | Governor of Florida

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DeSantis All But Accuses Gina Raimondo Of Rigging Post-Census Redistricting Against Red States

Published | Video Starts at 07:51

… Republican legislature to veto their map last time because they drew this 200 mile district from Tallahassee to Jacksonville, this little squiggly district across the northern tip of Florida. And It was purely to manufacture a certain racial composition. It was not A VRA district. though, this was them doing that apart from that. And I said, that's not constitutional. Like, regardless, however you think the VRA should be interpreted, you if it's a VRA district, federal law, fine, you deal with that. (07:51–07:59)

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Asserts that the vetoed district was drawn to create a specific racial composition and was not a Voting Rights Act district.

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