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editorial report. i m paul gigot. and we re counting down to cnn s presidential debate, the first of two, which is set to take place in atlanta on thursday. president biden is at camp david this weekend preparing for the showdown as a new fox news poll finds him in a tight the race with donald trump leading his republican rival 50-48 among registered voters. that s within the margin of error but represents a 2-point gain for the president from last month even as questions continue to swirl about the president s age and ability to serve a second term. is so how crucial is next week s faceoff to putting those concerns to rest? let s is ask wall street journal columnists and fox news contributor karl rove. if welcome, karl. so i want you to start out with that fox news poll. this would suggest i know it s the only one poll, but this would suggest with some other evidence that there s been some movement towards joe biden since the felony conviction of president trump. do you
appointed her. but now if we re too close to an election to stop racism from happening in our voting booths, then i don t know how to stop it. understand, alabama put forth its racist redistricting map in, on october 25th, 2021, after the 2020 census. they were sued by november 15th, 2021. so they were sued at fast as possible and they lost as fast as possible, but then the supreme court reinstated the race saying they were too close to the election. folks, that s a rap. if we re now too close to the election to overturn racist laws because it would confuse people before 2022, what the court is essentially saying is that every state, not just alabama, every state, gets one midterm election that s as racist as possible for free before the court will even look to see if the 15th amendment should be applied against them.
and the protections that were enacted. the very laws we enacted led to the historic turnout in november. the bills this year are nothing short of dangerous and show that there s a deep chasm between some of the polished words and speeches we have heard and some of the legislation. but words matter, mr. speaker. dishonesty and misinformation continue to weaken and threaten our political system. we are hearing rumors of voter fraud, but i do not hear those same people questioning the results of the election that brought us a new president and new house members. it s 5:00 in new york. that was virginia delegate price last month exposing the pure ridiculousness of republicans in her state.
gerrymandering, about affecting the state population, moving ballot boxes, et cetera. what is the status of virginia and those areas now? are you concerned, obviously we re concerned about ballot boxes being moved, but are there any notable debates about how the districts in this state have been cut up and is that a concern heading forward? yes, so we, unfortunately, passed a constitutional amendment last year. so there was a commission that was called bipartisan, but it was deadlocked so the decision of the commission ended up going to the virginia supreme court where special masters drew the maps and they actually drew the maps toward partisan equity instead of the reflecting the actual blueness of the state and the trends toward the state. so there s that. and then on the legislative front, there are bills that will pass the house tomorrow that are up for vote tomorrow that roll back a lot of those measures that you saw that made it easier to vote in virginia.