congressional seat around Nashville. You got Nashville and Memphis. Those are two largest cities in the state.

There was a congressional seat around Nashville, uh, tended to elect Democrats and one around Memphis, right?

They cracked that Nashville congressional district into three different districts,

leaving Memphis, Memphis, a majority black city. Memphis being that district represented by

Steve Cohn, white man actually, who's represented a majority black district for many being that district represented by Steve Cohn,

white man actually, who's represented a majority black district for many years, just to show that,

you know, majority black districts don't only and exclusively elect black representatives.

They are now going to take the city of Memphis, which obviously is a coherent political community,

obviously should have some representation in the United States House of Representatives,

and do the same to that, split it up into three different districts. So there's no Democrats and no majority black district in the entire state of Tennessee. Is that right?

That is absolutely correct. Sixty-one percent of the ninth congressional district is African-American. 64 percent of the 9th Congressional District is African American.

64% of Memphis is black.

And with this decision, they have managed to divide that number so that there are 33% of the black population in three different districts.

They did this intentionally.

In fact, one of, in fact, the author of the legislation said, we're a conservative state and we should have all conservative districts. They did this intentionally. In fact, one of, in fact, the author of the legislation

said, we're a conservative state and we should have all conservative districts. They know

that they are intentionally eroding black voting power. They are removing the last remaining

opportunity for black voters and for brown voters and for white neighbors to have a voice simply because

one out of nine is too many. This is not just about partisanship. This is about deciding that there are

voters in America, there are citizens in America who they do not value. And they were explicit about this today.

That's why there has to be a political backlash to what they're doing. I mean, they are taking

away districts that have existed for decades in a matter of days. I mean, Memphis has been part of

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