During a press briefing on Thursday, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) answered a question about how Democrats will acknowledge the redistricting in Texas.
00:00Yeah, let me simply let me simply say I've got great confidence in the Texas
00:21Democrats in the House and in the Senate to stand up and fight in the best
00:27interests of the people that they represent. All across America over the
00:33last six plus months we've seen corporations bend the knee, law firms have
00:38bent the knee, colleges and universities have bent the knee to Donald Trump, Texas
00:44Democrats will not bend the knee. They will stand up for the people that they are privileged to represent.
00:51I'm here to make clear as House Democratic leader in partnership with the Texas Congressional Delegation that it's not simply the case that help is on the way
01:09help is here and we stand with Texas Democrats on behalf of fighting for the quality of life issues around the economy and health care and housing and combating corruption
01:21that are important to the people of Texas. And Texas Democrats understand that if Republicans are allowed to gerrymander this congressional map, the quality of life of the people of Texas will continue to
01:39be undermined. Donald Trump and House Republicans here passed this one big ugly bill that rips away health care for millions of people, including here in Texas.
01:51Ends Medicaid as we know it here in Texas. Steals food from the mouths of children, veterans and seniors here in Texas. Makes it harder for the people of Texas to get a high quality
02:10education here in this great state. So all of these issues are at stake in fighting for a congressional map that gives the people of Texas the ability to choose their elected officials. And that's what it is.
02:28as opposed to what's happening with this attempt to gerrymander the map and allow Texas politicians on the Republican side to choose their voters.
