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Toward the democrats, dramatically away from trump. other counties moved toward trump, toward the republicans. the math worked in the democrats' favor. i want to show you these two different dynamics. we're calling these the trump backlash counties of virginia. these are the places that moved the most dramatically in the trump era away from republicans. doesn't look like a lot in terms of land area. look in northern virginia, right outside of washington, d.c. there's 2 million people in the counties in the area that is are blue on the map. it's almost a quarter of the entire state population. ...

Lavandera laid out how texas' new map would give white republicans disproportionate representation even as minorities are making up a greater share of the state population. and you can see it really clearly when you look at the numbers here. it's straight up voting restrictions for minorities and people of color. what is going on and why can't democrats combat this? >> well, we will push back in the courts. don, as you know, after the census is done, you have reapportionment and you re-draw the congressional lines. and if you don't control the legislature -- democrats don't control the legisla...

Republicans refusing to open debate on the freedom to vote act. president biden calling the move unconscionable and it comes as republicans in states across the country are limiting access to voting. joining me is jaime harrison, the chair of the democratic national committee. thank you very much. before we get going and get into what happened in the senate, ed lavandera laid out how texas' new map would give white republicans disproportionate representation even as minorities are making up a greater share of the state population. and you can see it really clearly when you look at the numbers ...

Comparable 39% of the state population, are a majority in just 18% of the districts, asian texans makeup under, 12 and 5% of the population respectively are majority zero districts, the things that makes it so notable is the population growth which allowed texas these two new seats, is 95% attributable, to people of color, now a teeny legal rights organization, the mexican american legal defense fund education, fund is suing texas governor greg abbott, and the deputies secretive state to block the map from taking effect. saying a quote, illegally in unconstitutionally deludes the voting streng...

Incumbents. the texas tribune reports, quote, republicans hold majorities in both chambers they will have every advantage as they use the process to position their party for the next decade as the state population becomes younger and more diverse. this is a process known as partisan gerrymandering which new polling out of texas shows the majority of texans are against. unfair maps drawn by the political party in power. and of course, this comes just weeks after the state passed a restrictive voting law despite a relentless effort from texas democrats to block that bill. republicans justified t...