hooks its way around into dallas county, and it surround another district that one person described to me that it looked like a dragon spitting fire. this district right here. and when you grzoom out you realize that district is a rural district that makes its way all the way out into east texas. despite this, the texas republicans who led the redistricting efforts insist the new political boundaries for state and congressional districts are fairly created. >> the maps were drawn blind to race. once they were drawn, they were checked for compliance. we were assured that all the existing minority opportunity districts, whether they be black or latino, were going to perform as such. >> reporter: ed lavandera, cnn, dallas. >> the assault on the right to vote spreads across the country, republicans blocking another voting rights bill in the senate. they wouldn't even let it come up for a debate. what are democrats going to do to make it easier for americans to exercise our most precious