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On the recordMarch 3, 2021
Well, I share that sense of urgency because if we don`t address this effort to disenfranchise people by the enactment of various laws at the state level, and now there are over 150 new proposals by Republican legislators to cut people off, particularly people of color, and you combine that with gerrymandered maps, you`re looking at potentially another 10 years of Republican rule until demographics catch up with the gerrymander.
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Adam Schiff
Democratic · California
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msnbc.com

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Adam Schiff emphasizes the urgency of addressing voter disenfranchisement and gerrymandering to prevent prolonged Republican control.

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