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Ted Cruz: “The result of [the 2003 Texas redistricting] was it elected…”

Featuring: Ted Cruz, Republican | U.S. Senate, Texas

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But, but I want people to understand the core of this case, how it got all the way to the Supreme Court. So can you kind of give it just a synopsis of what got us there so quickly? The result of [the 2003 Texas redistricting] was it elected five additional Republicans. But, but I was the, the lawyer who was charged with day one, number one, with advising the legislature while they were drawing the map, number two, with defending the map in the federal district court when the Democrat plaintiffs challenged it. (05:02–05:06)

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Asserts that the 2003 Texas redistricting resulted in five more Republicans being elected.

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