Republikaner i Tennessee presenterar kongresskarta för att eliminera demokratiskt mandat

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Republikaner i Tennessee presenterade på onsdagen en föreslagen kongresskarta som skulle dela upp delstatens till största del svarta Shelby County och sannolikt radera det sista demokratiska mandatet i representanthuset. Planen syftar till att ge GOP samtliga nio av delstatens kongressdistrikt. Förslaget följer ett nyligen fattat beslut i högsta domstolen som försvagade skyddet i Voting Rights Act.

Den nya kartan, som presenterades under den andra dagen av en extra lagstiftande session som utlysts av guvernör Bill Lee, skulle dela upp Memphis i tre distrikt som gynnar republikaner. Den delar även upp demokratiskt lutande områden runt Nashville. Representant Steve Cohen, den vita demokrat som har företrätt Memphis-området i nästan två decennier, kallade förslaget rasistiskt och ett korrupt maktövertagande som skulle utplåna det svarta samhällets röst i kongressen.

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