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Pick the filibuster. i get republicans are not helpful. you have got to get this done without them. but this notion of talking about an existential threat and then just doing nothing is -- its madness, madness. >> nick, with all of your knowledge of what states have done what on the redistrict front what are you watching for in terms of where d.o.j. may potentially consider other action, legal action? >> i think the first pass the look is north carolina. although they have a democratic governor ...

Community in the northern part of the state so much so that longtime representative butterfield is now retiring. i think that north carolina is probably the most likely to face a department of justice lawsuit. also just because, as we said earlier with rucho, the only way that the department of justice can get involved in redistricting is through section two, which is about racial gerrymandering, and not partisan gerrymandering. we dont know what georgia and florida are going do. before this pro...

For biden by a 16-point pin margin, will be divided into three congressional districts with black voters offset bill white republicans. thats why many are saying this map might not only violate the ohio constitution but the u.s. voting rights act. so whats next? well, it will go to ohios republican governor mike dewine for his signature. back in 2018, he told the senate enquirer, voters said redistricting process should be done in a bipartisan way. when im governor, there will be an expectation ...

Game the system to take back power and hold it permanently because of their tight grip over state legislatures, theyre able to control the redistricting process in a number of key states, which means they can essentially gerrymander their way into a congressional majority before voters even have to weigh in. look at a state like north carolina. leans republican, sure, but registered democrats and republicans run about equal. for reference, donald trump won it with 49.9% of the vote last year. th...

Right now to be the next most extreme house republican. things dont stop, right? for america, we have found nearly 50 2022 king grass candidates, who -- if you think this freshman classes, bad just weeks. u.s., not all of these candidates are gonna. win but at one point they will. or some other person with these fringe extremes beliefs will, theyre this animus to wards this legitimacy of democratic governance. next, year its likely, we dont know the future, as we learned from the pandemic. but i...

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Spouse, or your children. until the legislation is overturned, texas isnt safe for anyone. if an athlete were to sort of call you for council and say, you know, i want to go, you know, press an issue, what is the deliverable we want? what will be the one thing youd have them push back on? >> when athletes are free agents especially, they have options, they need to understand their options. if theres a professional basketball player and they want to consider really displaying their talents for a ...

Redistricting process -- do you think voters understand that that is republicans trying to subvert what they want through their votes? >> well, i hope so. i certainly hope so, and im doing what i can to make sure that people understand that. but its not so -- its not so subtle. i think once upon a time, it might have been. but this notion that, you know, your access to a ballot that is easily accessible, that you can cast easily and conveniently, and that you get to choose your representative ra...

Ohio republican congressman anthony gonzalez who also voted to impeach trump announced last month that he would not be running for reelection. joining us now is cnbcs sahil kapur on capitol hill. it strikes me the writing was on the wall for kinzinger not only for his criticism of trump which put him outside where the republican party is right now but also because of redistricting back in illinois. >> reporter: thats absolutely right, geoff. this announcement by kinzinger came just hours after i...