good evening. we re a little over a year from crucial midterm elections in this country. if republicans win back the house, they could block not just joe biden s entire agenda but the certification of the next presidential election in 2024. for that, they need to flip five, just five democratic seats next november. now, what if i told you that republicans could win back the house next year without winning a single extra vote? how you ask? because republicans now are taking advantage of the once every decade post census redistricting process to redraw congressional maps to give them a political advantage. it goes back to signer of the decoloration, of independence l. bridge jerry in 1812 signed a bill that created a misshaped district from boston to the new hampshire border before going to the coast, it looked like a salamander and gary bander. get it? the gerrymandering on the republican side now and no recent years has been intense and brazen. just listen to this republican
frenzy is on their way across the country, i am following the very latest development in texas where they re inching closer to approving new maps that could determine the partisan makeup of that state for the next decade. we re going to have more on that in just a moment. but first, to truly understand this capes up this moment. you are really going to have to go back to 2013. not too long ago. that s when the supreme court in a five court decision, gutted the voting rights act. striking down a key section of that 1965 law. known as the preclearance requirement, it required certain states with the history of voter suppression, to get federal approval before implementing changes in their electoral policy. including redistricting. now the point was to ensure that these changes did not discriminate against protected minorities, before they became laws in their states. chief justice, who authored that majority opinion, declare that the requirement was no longer needed because quo
Into last-minute negotiations over new political maps that would give republicans an overwhelming edge over democrats and critics say it will silence black and hispanic voters. i ll discuss gerrymandering voting rights and the the media for not selling their positive to the american people. that is not really our job there. i m going to ask my sunday night panel about that, and the breakdown in messaging over that 3.5 trillion dollar spending bill over ten years. that is the key point in all of this. plus, transportation pete has some choice words for those criticize in his opportunity leave, turns out tents actually do more than babysit. who knew? i m with ayman mohyeldin, let s get started. we but so a redistricting