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Geographic realities have changed over the course of the decade. you use the census data as a road map and that is how you know the maps are fair and reflecting what the voters want in that state. >> as i mentioned anti-trump republican adam kinzinger would be remapped into a left leaning congressional district in illinois under those maps. have a listen to what he had to say today about why he voted against the john lewis voting rights act. >> the voting rights act in the mid '60s came out with a temporary provision called preclearance which required certain states to get clearance for any ch...

That required certain states to get clearance for any election system they did. that went on into perp pewty. in 2013 the u.s. supreme court said history changes. we can't keep pretending like it 1965 but don't we need preclearance still? when we look how republicans are redrawing the maps in texas, it's starting to look like 1965, is it not? >> we absolutely do need preclearance, which is why what you see from democrats in congress is a very intense and intentional effort to restore the preclearance provision in the voting rights act and to not only pass the freedom to vote act but you saw th...