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Vincent Perez: “I don't think there's any Republican who expects this to be…”

Featuring: Vincent Perez, Democratic | Texas House of Representatives, District 77

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Texas Redistricting: Breaking Quorum to Protect Voting Rights with Rep Vince Perez

Published | Video Starts at 19:35

And I think the people of California are doing a tremendous public service for the nation because what Texas is doing, again, is so overtly discriminatory, so overtly segregationist. I don't think there's any Republican who expects this to be upheld in court again. They're just trying to get a two year advantage while this thing plays out and however long it's going to take for the courts to strike it down. (19:35–19:40)

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Asserts that Republicans do not expect the proposed redistricting map to be upheld in court.

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