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About are redistricting. white legislators make up more that 2/3 of the general assemfully in a state that's just 50% white. over 90% of black voters generally support democrats according to exit polls. spunts data show that the nonwhites accounted for. but redirecting could prevent them from winning more seats in next year's election. >> erin, what could go wrong. >> anything could go wrong. you know, georgia's maps's coming out next week. it's going to be interesting to see what changes they make without meeting that from the doj, which is suing the state over voter suppression bill. >> nick...

President to come campaign with him. if he were to start saying, i think there might be fraud here, it would run against the campaign he's trying to run. but that could change if all of a sudden it goes away from him. the i think they'll be looking carefully for where those kind of rumblings among the right might start and whether they can bubble up enough to create issues. virginia's state house is controlled by democrats in both chambers, though, so the possibility of some of these partisan audits that we've seen in pennsylvania, in wisconsin, in texas, in georgia, failed attempt, aren't nec...

What to look for in georgia can be similar to what we saw in texas. it's a state with similar on population growth and there's a republican majority in the state house and the state assembly about 60% as out of line with the state total voters who voted democratic in both the senate and presidential elections in 2020. what the republicans in texas did was create what's known adds a defensive gerrymander where they shore up their own incumbents instead of looking to add seats. i think in georgia you might see the republicans looking to shore up similar seats for encome bantsz in the state legis...

Truth. that we were in safe rooms on january 6th because donald trump supporters came here to try to overthrow the peaceful transfer of power, they attacked the united states capitol. what i find interesting about your rule is that it feels for a defense for the rule of law, that a congressional subpoena has to still mean something. if we lose that, from trump's perspective, he seems to be wielding as much power out of office as loser, as he did in. >> it is extraordinary, nicole. i mean, trump lost congress for republicans. he lost the presidency for republicans. he went out of his way to mak...

We tart this hour with some of our neighbors and friends. nick, also, erin, and jason johnson is here. politics and journalism professor at morgan state university and a contributor to msnbc. let me start with you. you've done some of the detailed reporting for a long period of time about what the republicans in georgia muscle through. they are not slowed, they were not deterred by major league baseball. even from democrats, there weren't many boycotts reinstated. tell many where georgia is right now. >> well, georgia's in a very important place in terms of the redistricting calendar as well a...