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They might find themselves in including being arrested. >> absolutely. we're prepared to pay hotel bills to help them stay out of texas or whatever needs to take place. this is is the type of fight we must be in at this moment. we have a short window. we have until the middle of september because when the census data is released it starts the redistricting process. this would be the first redistricting process without the full potential of the voting rights act. that is something we have not gone through. could you imagine all of the gains of the last 60 years could be eroded whether being ele...

Four republican congressmen, it takes out sharice davids in the third. we can do that. we can draw four republican congressional maps. >> do you think that's inevitable? >> no, i don't think it's inevitable. i do think -- this is some of the most -- the way that they're being so blatant about it, it's insulting to the people, to the voters in the state of kansas, and frankly across the country. you know, i think that nonpartisan -- a nonpartisan independent redistricting process would be a win for the people. and i think that, you know, we can talk about individual members of congress, but rea...

Them. >> i'm just going to come back to this because the quote here is really amazing. we have everything working in our favor right now. normally, a politician can say that and say, look, the recovery is going to be bad or maybe he'll say something about inflation or, you know, we have everything working in our favor. or usually parties do well in the out years. there's a million things you can say after that. to say as a politician, everything is working in our favor right now. we control a redistricting process where we will be able to name our own voters and redistrict us into the majority...

Them. >> i'm just gonna come back to this because the quote here is really amazing. we have everything working in our favor right now. normally a politician can say that and say look, the cover is gonna be better maybe he'll say something about inflation or something. we have everything working in our favor usually parties do well on the out years. there's 1 million things you can say after that. but to say as a politician that everything is working in your favor right now. we control a redistricting process where we will be able to name our own voters and redistricting us into the majority is...

Let's start with what we just heard from republican senator lindsey graham about how this legislation would change the redistricting process when it comes to gerrymandering districts so as to have more democrats or more republicans. >> there's a provision in sr1 that would take away from states the ability to draw congressional lines and give it to an independent commission created in washington. that means that when people move to south carolina, florida, and texas, and we get new congressmen and women because people are moving and the population shifts, that republican statehouses can't draw...