Lukewarm acceptance is much more bewildering than outright rejection. Representative Hunter, you have criticized my colleagues and I for breaking quorum to protest and to draw attention to these maps, Maps that deliberately sideline minorities from the political process. But as Dr. King reminded us, there are those who are more devoted to order than to justice, who prefer the absence of tension than to the presence of truth. (01:14–01:20)
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Asserts that the proposed maps intentionally exclude minorities from political participation.
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