It's very important to clear this up because that's one of the favorite talking points of Republicans that, oh, this is done in California. This is done in other places all the time. Let me tell you, It is not an overstatement to say that the level of discrimination that is being proposed by the Texas Republicans is something that we have not seen since the segregationist era and since like 1964. the year before the. The passage of the Voting Rights Act. That's how bad this is. So again, to just put it into context, Republicans will give you all these other excuses. (06:55–07:08)
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Asserts that the proposed redistricting by Texas Republicans is as discriminatory as measures from the segregationist era.
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