Partisanship. Newly discovered files from a deceased republican operative indicate the real purpose of the question is to gerrymander districts. He found that adding the question, quote, would be advantageous to republicans and nonhispanic whites. He then petitioned the Trump Administration to adopt the plan and while the department of justice is dismissing any involvement with him or his plan, that is directly contradicted by the New York Times report that a portion of a document found on hard drives quote later appeared word for word in a draft letter from the Justice Department to the Census Bureau that sought a Citizenship Question on the 2020 census, so our big question of the day is the Trump Administration trying to change the census for partisan advantage . Joining me now, nbc news justice correspondent pete williams, mother jones Senior Reporter ari berman, and Washington Post dan ball. Im going to read what you wrote, a Citizenship Question is expected to deter many immigrant
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