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Eric Holder: “When you couple gerrymandering with voter suppression and the subversion of our electoral infrastructure, which is going…”

On the recordDecember 9, 2021
When you couple gerrymandering with voter suppression and the subversion of our electoral infrastructure, which is going on throughout the country under the auspices of Republican governors and legislators, the future of our democracy is at stake.
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Eric Holder
Democratic · District of Columbia

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Holder warns about the threats to democracy posed by gerrymandering and voter suppression.

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