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'They're coming for everyone': Stacey Abrams warns GOP redistricting push will extend nationwide
MSNBC· 2026-05-08 01:12
Stacey Abrams, voting rights activist and host of the Assembly Required podcast. So good to have you on the show. The NAACP almost immediately sued to block this effort from Tennessee.Can you give us a sense of what fighting back in this moment is going to look like. It's going to require that we remember we are the United States of America. And so we have to sit what Tennessee is doing next to the fight that's coming out of Louisiana next to the fight that's coming out of Louisiana next to the fight that's ...
Black leaders in Tennessee compare redistricting push to Jim Crow-era voter suppression tactics
NBC News· 2026-05-07 22:27
Tonight, in just the last few hours, Tennessee's governor signed into law the state's new voting map that's going to split up its only majority-black district. A controversial new voting map, which obviously didn't come without protest. You're seeing it here during the vote.They also interrupted debate last night. Police were trying to get the demonstrators out. That's what you're looking at here.So, basically, if you're like, "Okay, what's the upshot? What's this going to do?" It's going to put Republicans ...