'Codifying white supremacy’: Dem Rep. slams TN GOP over new maps that diminish Black voting power
MSNBC·2026-05-09 15:22
Louisiana, Alabama, Tennessee and Mississippi, all southern red states are working to redraw their HOUSE CONGRESSIONAL MAPS FOLLOWING THE SUPREME COURT'S DECISION THAT ESSENTIALLY GUTTED THE LANDMARK VOTING RIGHTS ACT OF 1965. ALABAMA BECAME THE LATEST STATE IN THAT FIGHT ON FRIDAY WHEN REPUBLICANS APPROVED PLANS FOR NEW PRIMARY ELECTIONS PENDING A COURT DECISION ON WHETHER THOSE NEWLY-DRAWN GOP HOUSE DISTRICTS CAN BE USED IN THE NOVEMBER MIDTERM ELECTIONS. CHAOTIC scenes erupted at the Alabama Statehouse a ...