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folks we've spoken in the past as to the republicans
having one uh... a majority of house seats in this past election despite the
fact lou
two democrats nationally by over a million votes
in ballots cast for congressional races
we know that in the
twenty ten
redistricting cycle after the twenty ten census republicans created
much more dense democratic seats
essentially corral democratic voters into these extremely ed gerrymandered
uh... districts gerrymandering obviously has been going on
since time immemorial
never in such an aggressive and partisan fashion
kasia lee you would see politicians attempting to gerrymandered to keep
themselves in um...
in power but that nothing so coordinated not such a wide-scale level
uh... as we've seen use since two thousand ten
and apparently in virginia
yesterday in this story is still trickling out
the republican senate
in virginia is split twenty twenty
and on monday state senator henry marsh
democrat seventy nine-year-old civil rights veteran
was reportedly in washington to attend president obama's secondhand novel
the republicans took that opportunity
and having a uh... nineteen to twenty advantage
to force through eight midterm redistricting plan
that was basically set up again to corral democratic voters
into a couple of very safe seats for democrats but opening up the door
for more
safer seats for republicans
the new redistricting map revises the districts created under the two thousand
eleven that
and would take affect before the next state senate elections in virginia
and we would uh... redraw district lines to maximize the number of the republican
safe seats
erally this was such a surprise that even governor bob mcconnell republican
has a claims that he was not aware of this movement is pledged uh...
we have made any plans to endorse the new district was this has to go to the
republican controlled house but presumably
it's going to uh...
it's gonna pass there and then mcdonnell needs to uh... offer its final approval
democrats of course where
or uh...
surprised and quite angry
d
to add insult i guess to injury
uh... following at the uh...
the vote
the republicans had that one more about
which i guess was a uh...
commotion
by the republicans
to adjourn descended in memory of general thomas j stonewall jackson
yeah
of they well-known confederate general
just to put a little bit of the icing on the cake as it were
uh... no word as to whether or not mcconnell's going to approve this but it
is uh... classic republican fair
and when uh... president obama spoke
during his inauguration
of the rights of voters
to vote without having to face long lines just because they live
in a predominantly african-american district
barbecues that explicit
this is the new jim crow
make no mistake about it
not only is this a concentration of democratic voters
ghettoize district it is also a concentration of african-american voters
and
bother minorities
in very
condensed districts
uh...
we're going to hear more about this uh... when the
in the supreme court takes up the this several rights act in their does
voting rights acts that are depicted him this year but really reprehensible