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Vincent Perez: “Texas is far worse than all of these maps that have been…”

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 22:46

That one should be struck down. You know, if the courts are, you know, truly protect, you know, the check on, you know, when government oversteps its bounds. Texas is far worse than all of these maps that have been overturned. But Texas doesn't care. And so this time at least allows us to have this, you know, conversation nationally. If Democrats didn't break quorum, Republicans would have likely snuck this through and the nation would have just not cared. (22:46–22:50)

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Asserts that Texas's redistricting maps are worse than those overturned in other states.

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