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Still have more votes of power. the does contain a specific ban on partisan gerrymandering. >> i dont know if you have joe manchins phone number but maybe you could convince him to wake up to that. i want to play mitch mcconnell because i think mitch mcconnell is one of the most insidious figures in our modern american economy. here he is skirting through the maze and really explaining their thinking and how their implementing these anti-voter bills in these republican states. take a listen. >> ...

Redistricting committee, get people out there. and ultimately well end up in court in a lot of places. were in a better place than we were in 2011 as a result of the work that weve done at the ndrc, you know, the redistricting, the gerrymandering that occurred in 2011 was described by a princeton university study as the worst gerrymandering of the last 50 years. were in better shape than we were then but still have problems especially in states like texas, north carolina, georgia and florida. th...

Hes the chairman of the national democratic redistricting committee. thank you so much, general holder for being here. i i guess my big question is what can we do about this? because my fear is under the current rules republicans can solidify minority rule not just in the house but in the state legislatures where they then can do things like pass that texas abortion law and put boupties on women. >> thats certainly the danger. theyll use the power they get from gerrymandering to do the kinds of ...

And transparency in terms of what the intel is seeing. and look i still think january 6th wasnt a failure of intel. all the intel was there. its just the failure to act on it. >> youre absolutely right. even i was hearing -- everyone was hearing and trump said its going to be wild. everyone who can read twitter understood what was coming. great new book. i hope everybody checks it out. its really, really good. its called race against time. appreciate you all. and meanwhile the ongoing debate ove...

And even this court has shown itself to be surprisingly amenable to bringing racial gerrymandering cases. we were successful to say a decision clarence thomas actually wrote. i have some degree of hope there that a racial gerrymandering case brought before the supreme court could be successful. >> okay, and we know north carolina judge just blocked a voter i.d. law there saying it discriminates against black people there. you were successful in suing a bunch of states when you were attorney gene...

Is there something the federal government could do to stop this? >> actually joy in the freedom to vote act there is a ban on partisan gerrymandering. there is an explicit ban on party gerrymandering, a strong one that said if you jerry manderred before and this act is passed, it does not matter. you cannot seek a delegation put in place as a result of partisan gerrymandering. thats one more reason why the freedom to vote act has to be passed. its one more reasons why democrats have to really sa...

Delta variant. >> and please cdc and fda stop confusing us so people can just hear people like you dr. kavita patel. thats who people should be listening to. still ahead the fight against partisan gerrymandering is ground zero in the fight against voter suppression. why this fight is so important next on the reid out. stay with us. s so important next on the reid out stay with us the dove beauty bar makes my skin feel fresh. ive encouraged serena my best friend to switch. feels moisturized and...

Legislature. why? injure manderring. states are now in the process of redrawing their electoral districts based on last years census. and there are already troubling signs. the ohio districting commission passed maps heavily favoring super majorities if it survive an expected court challenge. republicans argue they were legally justify in awarding themselves up to 81% of ohio state legislative seats. for context 54% of ohioans are registered republicans while 46% are registered democrats. the ma...