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Ted Cruz: “Texas was went from about 63% Republicans to about 76%…”

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Now you're going to see other Republican states respond. You're going to see other Republican states redistrict. They claimed they were doing this in response to Texas, but Texas was went from about 63% Republicans to about 76% Republicans. Texas votes overwhelmingly Republican. So by any measure, even under the new map, Texas is markedly less gerrymandered than California used to be. And they decided 83% is not enough. (46:36–46:47)

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