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They’ve ‘turned back the clock on history’’: TN Rep. Justin Jones on GOP’s forced redistricting
MSNBC· 2026-05-10 18:28
>> GOOD MORNING. IT'S SUNDAY, MAY 10TH. I'M ANTONIA HYLTON IN FOR MY FRIEND ALI VELSHI.ONE WEEK AFTER THE U.S. SUPREME COURT EFFECTIVELY GUTTED THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT, TENNESSEE ON THURSDAY BECAME THE FIRST STATE TO PASS NEW CONGRESSIONAL MAPS, DISMANTLING THE STATE'S ONLY MAJORITY BLACK CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT IN THE MEMPHIS AREA. TO DO IT, STATE REPUBLICANS FIRST HAD TO REPEAL A 56 YEAR OLD LAW PROHIBITING MID-CYCLE REDISTRICTING, ALLOWING THEM TO ADOPT THE NEW MAPS FOUR YEARS BEFORE THE NEXT MANDATED CENSU ...