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Re-districting map don't necessarily reflect that. so what is going to happen is that the justice department is going to have the option, given that they don't have preclearance anymore, filing a lawsuit under section two. and i think that you are going to see a number of groups challenge those maps. and they will be stuck in the courts, and unfortunately the supreme court is not in our favor. that is why you saw a number of the texas legislators in washington d.c. and walking out in august trying to demand the voting rights act. because there is only so much that they can do. democrats are in...

Watch. >> you can call a bill the voting rights act and then left wing twitter goes nuts about this by the way, and they can say you voted against voting rights without looking into the details. the details, the voting rights act in the mid '60s came out with preclearance. that went on into perpetuity. it was intended to be temporary. in 2013 the u.s. supreme court threw that provision out and said history changes. we can't keep pretending like it's 1965. >> i've got to tell you something, representative kinzinger, we might be a little closer to 1965 than you think. we have a lot to discuss to...

Is the first draft of a map that came out on friday. you'll see many drafts over the series of weeks that will go on in illinois and some people will say there is not enough seats in illinois for democrats. some people said there is too many. that is par for the course in the process itself but i think the really important thing to remember when we're thinking about redistricting is why we redistrict and we redistrict to reset the maps so they reflect what is happening in the country and how the demographic and geographic realities have changed. so you use the census as a road map and that is ...

By republican adam. this morning when congressman was asked why he didn't support the john lewis wright act, -- would restore the preclearance provision. watch. >> you can call the build the voting rights act and left wing twitter goes nuts about this, by the, way and say that you voted against voting rights. without even looking at the details of this. and the quick details, the voting rights act in the mid sixties came up with a temporary provision called preclearance. that one opportunity was intended to be temporary. in 2013 the u.s. supreme court threw that provision out and said history ...

Able to get lucy mcbath out of the sixth congressional district. and we know that traditionally partisan gerrymandering has harmed both sides of the aisle. so with the preclearance revision from the 1965 civil rights act we don't have a lot of opportunities to even litigate in court after these maps are passed. so we're relying on congress to respond to these needs. because if we allow republicans to move forward with partisan and racialized gerrymandering, it's going to change the outlook of our state. >> i know you're running to be georgia's next secretary of state. and man currently in that...