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Vincent Perez: “Republicans have drawn the lines that they will represent…”

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 27:19

That is the inherent unfairness. And also for the first time, the republic. Texas is a massive state. It's the largest in the lower continental states. But somehow Republicans have drawn the lines that they will represent 90% of all white Texans in the state. 90% stretching from El Paso to the west, so Beaumont to the east, the 850 miles in between. Somehow Republicans have drawn the line that they represent 10 million out of the state's 11 million white residents. (27:19–27:27)

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Asserts that redistricting lines allow Republicans to represent 90% of white Texans.

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