Black Americans across the country are facing a systemic attack on their right to vote by the MAGA

Republican Party and Donald Trump's Supreme Court.

This is how the president responded.

Let's play the clip.

So we're confused about the changing maps, the changing dates, and to African Americans

concern that this is going to draw black members of Congress off the map.

What do you say?

Well, I think it's been a wonderful process.

They've been the Democrats, or as I call the Democrats, because they are dumb in so many ways.

They've redistricted for years.

And now we took our shot and it looks like we're going to pick up a lot of seats.

And that's a good thing.

All right, joining me on iHIPP news to discuss all of that fuckery

is political and cultural commentator, Oscar-winning producer and co-host of the

Higher Learning Podcast.

I've got Van Lathen Jr. Van, what's your take on all of that and thank you for joining me?

Um, well, thank you for having. I love watching you guys. My take is two things. The first thing is it's actually not just the MAGA Republican wing.

Shelby versus Holder comes back, I think around 2013 or whatever. This assault on voting rights

and trying to roll back the rights that my ancestors legitimately bled for, shorten their lives for, put themselves in harm's way for,

has been a Republican project for a whole generation. I think that Donald Trump and his

MAGOW-Wing have injected political steroids into this. But of all the things that have happened in the Trump era,

this makes me feel differently. Of all the stuff we've had to endure, and that's not for me to

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