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Congressional seats that are easy for their party to hold on to. republicans control the redistricting process in states that oversee 187 house seats. democrats control the process in states that oversee just 75 seats. ohio's state supreme court struck down the congressional map proposed by republicans just this past friday saying the way it was drawn was like a dealer stacking the deck. and then there's trump himself. it is possible that his influence over his party is flagging but it is far from dead. he is still the leader of his party. he could run again in 2024. and members of his party a...

Investigative authority in any other state in the country, and it is because elections crime and voter fraud are just not a problem of that magnitude. my number one concern is that this is going to be used as a tool to harass or intimidate civic engagement organizations and voters. these stepped-up efforts to intimidate, to suppress the vote, are even more alarming as the prospect of federal voting rights legislation looks all but dead. and add to this picture another attempt by desantis to seize control of his state's elections. politico reports, political observers across florida were caught...

Process and stop exactly the kind of gerrymandering ohio republicans just tried to pull off on congressional maps and state legislative maps. both those sets of maps were immediately challenged by multiple lawsuits, including one from marc elias. i was able to talk with him before he won his case in ohio but right after he won his case against gerrymandered maps of the ohio legislature. >> it was a really important victory for the voters of ohio. what it means is that the supreme court of ohio is going to stand up for the right of voters. the voters passed a constitutional amendment that said ...

As you said, the -- the tourism industry is exploding there. the nightlife was amazing. the downtown, the rehabilitation, so on, just great. but i was really struck by the diversity, especially in the music industry. people were looking to move to nashville. i hope that does continue, but we will see. do you think that that will continue? >> i hope and pray it will continue. um, the republican national committee is planning on coming here in 2024. we are one of the final cities and isn't it ironic that we are so desirable as a convention site, yet they want to tear us up. we have got a rule in...

Better -- you can correct me if i'm wrong. better -- well, i shouldn't say better. but they're more egregious when it comes to this gerrymandering. because republicans and democrats both gerrymander when they control the redistricting process. though the jop is appearing to, as i said, do it more aggressively. as we have seen in these proposed maps it shows in texas and florida, what would be the fairway to do this, congressman? >> another irony, don, is that i've carried the legislation in congress to have neutral and bipartisan redistricting nationwide. i've had that bill for years. and repu...