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Ted Cruz: “The Voting Rights Act, a statute passed by Congress…”

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SCOTUS Blocks Racial Gerrymandering! + The Radical Takeover of the Maine Democrats

Published May 1, 2026 | Video Starts at 06:10

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 Voting Rights Act, a statute passed by Congress, essentially mandated redistricting based on race. So you had these two lines of cases that just made no sense because they contradicted each other. And. (06:10–06:18)

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“The Supreme Court ruled that complying with Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act is not a compelling state interest.”
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“The city committed to a new strategy that then Mayor Ted Wheeler said would, quote, reprioritize public health and safety among homeless…”
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“Although the city spent roughly $200,000 per homeless resident.”
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“The death rate went up from 113 in 2019 to more than 450 in 2023.”
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“The county screening tool for housing services is designed to prioritize BIPOC households, LGBTQIA2s plus, and people with disabilities.”
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“The Supreme Court's decision this week outlawing racial gerrymandering was a landmark decision.”
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“The Supreme Court's decision this week outlawing racial gerrymandering was a landmark decision.”
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“The Constitution prohibits discrimination based on race.”
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“The Constitution prohibits discrimination based on race.”
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“The Democrats are losing their mind over this because theirs is a party that is built on racial discrimination.”
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“The Democrats are losing their mind over this because theirs is a party that is built on racial discrimination.”
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“The fact that [Democrats] are close to having a majority in the House of Representatives is driven by their blatant gerrymandering.”
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“The incumbent Democrat governor of Maine, Janet Mills, was running for Senate and she dropped out.”
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“The incumbent Democrat governor of Maine, Janet Mills, was running for Senate and she dropped out.”
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“The Democrats want a self-declared communist with a Nazi tattoo that is now the beating heart of the Democrat Party.”
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“DEI programs run amok in homeless services in Portland, Oregon, giving special priority if you happen to be LGBT.”
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“If you're just some poor white schlub who's starving and out on the street, you rank last in the left's hierarchy of who deserves care.”
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“The U.S. Supreme Court overturned [the lower court's decision on Louisiana's congressional map].”
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“In 2003, Republicans were winning a significant majority of the statewide vote, yet the congressional delegation was majority Democrat.”
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“The Democrats had drawn [the Texas congressional map] to elect Democrats even though the voters were voting for the opposite party.”
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“The result of [the 2003 Texas redistricting] was it elected five additional Republicans.”
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“The case law at the time was so convoluted and internally contradictory that it made no sense.”
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“In 2003, the Texas state legislature ended the partisan and racial gerrymander, electing more Republicans.”
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“The Voting Rights Act was enacted to protect people's rights to vote, not to direct legislatures to discriminate based on race.”
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“Graham Platner is a self-described communist.”
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“Graham Platner has a Nazi tattoo on his chest.”
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“The Democrat Party has become radicalized and extreme.”
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“The death rate among homeless people in Portland quadrupled, went up 400%.”
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“In Portland, the death rate [of homeless people] quadrupled.”
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“Multnomah County, Oregon, where deaths of homeless people quadrupled between 2019 and 2023.”
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“They're spending 200 grand per homeless person.”
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