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Congressional seats that are easy for their party to hold on to. republicans control the redistricting process in states that oversee 187 house seats. democrats control the process in states that oversee just 75 seats. ohios state supreme court struck down the congressional map proposed by republicans just this past friday saying the way it was drawn was like a dealer stacking the deck. and then theres trump himself. it is possible that his influence over his party is flagging but it is far from...

Investigative authority in any other state in the country, and it is because elections crime and voter fraud are just not a problem of that magnitude. my number one concern is that this is going to be used as a tool to harass or intimidate civic engagement organizations and voters. these stepped-up efforts to intimidate, to suppress the vote, are even more alarming as the prospect of federal voting rights legislation looks all but dead. and add to this picture another attempt by desantis to seiz...

Process and stop exactly the kind of gerrymandering ohio republicans just tried to pull off on congressional maps and state legislative maps. both those sets of maps were immediately challenged by multiple lawsuits, including one from marc elias. i was able to talk with him before he won his case in ohio but right after he won his case against gerrymandered maps of the ohio legislature. >> it was a really important victory for the voters of ohio. what it means is that the supreme court of ohio i...

As you said, the -- the tourism industry is exploding there. the nightlife was amazing. the downtown, the rehabilitation, so on, just great. but i was really struck by the diversity, especially in the music industry. people were looking to move to nashville. i hope that does continue, but we will see. do you think that that will continue? >> i hope and pray it will continue. um, the republican national committee is planning on coming here in 2024. we are one of the final cities and isnt it ironi...

Better -- you can correct me if im wrong. better -- well, i shouldnt say better. but theyre more egregious when it comes to this gerrymandering. because republicans and democrats both gerrymander when they control the redistricting process. though the jop is appearing to, as i said, do it more aggressively. as we have seen in these proposed maps it shows in texas and florida, what would be the fairway to do this, congressman? >> another irony, don, is that ive carried the legislation in congress...

[laughter] >> in the history of the world, paul. paul: how can they just dump a commission? >> you have seen this happening all over. this outbreak of the notion of the nonpartisan commission has become very bogus across states. when you look at the fine print at a lot of these places where they have been set up, you do have a default if the legislature or if the commission cannot come to an agreement, the legislature gets a step and. often that is a liberal legislature. moreover i would point o...

Leaning districts, but republican state lawmakers are pushing a plan to keep the district in tact. jane, walk us through what desantis is proposing and why the rest of his party isnt on board. >> reporter: you know, lindsey, governor desantis is gerrymander, and florida is unique in its one of the few states that the republicans control the redistricting process. and the state has their district amendments to their constitution, and passed by voters in 2010, and try and make it so you cant do a ...

Donald trump for inciting the insurrection, called it, quote, pretty damn embarrassing that the republican national committee would go that route. >> manu raju on capitol hill, thank you. the supreme court just delivered a major victory to republicans. for now, upholding alabamas new congressional map. a lower court previously rejected the gop-drawn map, saying it diluted the political power of black voters. with the house majority still the slimmest of margins, the once-a-decade redistricting...

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