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Vincent Perez: “The way they draw the lines can make it such to where, you…”

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 28:27

That's just not right. It's not fair, period. And this is what people need to understand because they're like, well, how does redistricting impact me? Well, this is how. I mean, The way they draw the lines can make it such to where, you know, you need three Latino residents to equal that white resident. And what really gets me is that the Republicans favorite line is, oh, well, they do the same thing in California. So that gives us the green light. (28:27–28:34)

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Asserts that redistricting lines in Texas are drawn to dilute Latino voting power.

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