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Tom Suozzi: “Most of the elected officials in Congress right now only…”

Featuring: Tom Suozzi, Democratic | U.S. House New York, District 3

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Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick says gerrymandering is "corrosive" to "our democracy"

Published | Video Starts at 06:11

And that's what's good for America, is when their elected officials have to listen to their people. When you do all this gerrymandering, create all these safe seats, the politicians in the safe seats, Most of the elected officials in Congress right now only have to win their primary because they're guaranteed the Republicans are going to win the Republican seat, the Democrats are going to win the Democratic seat. And then they only listen to their base and they pander to their base. That's contributing to the division of our country along with social media, cable news, our foreign adversaries filling our social media feeds with a bunch of dreck. (06:11–06:21)

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Asserts that most congressional seats are safe for the incumbent party due to gerrymandering.

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