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Right now it so happens because of wave elections that happened in 2010, republicans got the lions share of new state house control and had control over the redistricters pen. they had the will to go there and engaged in a festival of gerrymandering thats never been seen in the modern era. >> reverend, have republicans done this because north carolina is trending purple statewide? >> don, this is a huge deal. its the election hacking we ought to be talking about. theyve done this because its the...

Could this further endanger republican-held seats in the midterms? >> this is a big deal. this is the first time that a federal court has truck down a state map on ground of extreme partisanship. it reflects thanks are in the process of the supreme court. and so in north carolina alone, it could move three seats or so. its hard to tell until the map is redrawn. and long term if that gets played out again over and over across the united states and other heavily gerrymandered states, it could add ...