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I mean, it was beyond suspicious. it was audacious because this is a trump administration that has not done anything in any other context to enforce the voting rights act. they treated it as though it's an inconvenience. the notion that suddenly there's this burning need to protect minority voting in america from this administration. it's not only short of paradoxical in light of how they treated minority voting, it's also just a flat-out lie. >> that lie was exposed when tom halford, gop, died, and his daughter discovered documents among his private possessions. >> his daughter finds these zi...

Paradoxical in light of how they treated minority voting, it's also just a flat-out lie. >> that lie was exposed when tom halford died and his daughter discovered documents among his private possessions. >> his daughter finds these zip drive with information that shows he had engineered this as a plan explicitly to suppress minority votes. >> in the files, he indicated a citizenship question would help republicans in the redistricting process by discouraging hispanic communities from responding to the caucus. talk bing points to support his arguments, some of the same points were later used by...

Split on that along conventional ideological lines as well. i'm always hesitant to assume the court will do that sort of thing. i would like to reserve judgment until i see what they actually do, but certainly the oral argument would give you some concerns on that regarding. the two cases are deeply connected, in the sense that the census every ten years triggers the reapportionment of congressional seats, and therefore the redrawing of district lines, the redistricting process. so if you imagine an environment in which for example you might suppress the count of latino americans through the i...

Beto o'rourke talked about this all during their roll outs. we want people to be more vocal about the need for a fair redistricting process in 2021. >> what about biden? >> i'm sure the vice president will sign this as well. i know him and i'm confident that he'll sign this pledge. >> what do you think of that field? >> it's a good feel. we have a lot of qualified candidates? >> too many? >> yeah. well at this point we have too many now. through the debates and through the iowa and new hampshire caucuses it will be down dramatically. 7 or 8 people there have a realistic chance. >> do you think...

Pangs about that. but one thing i would say is that if i were running i would be signing this pledge which is what we're asking all the candidates to do. >> have you done it? >> we have gotten favorable responses from a number of them. but we want them to sign this pledge to end gerrymandering and map manipulation. my expectation is ta will sign it. but we're also asking regular citizens to sign this pledge as well. >> well, that will be easy. citizens want the game to be fair. when you're in it. you said favorable responses. has anyone signed the pledge yet? >> no one has signed the pledge ye...