00:02Tennessee Republicans are moving quickly to redraw the state's congressional map
00:07after last week's U.S. Supreme Court ruling on voting rights,
00:11and the proposal is already triggering protests and accusations of voter suppression.
00:16New map would carve up Shelby County, including Memphis, into three separate districts,
00:21likely giving Republicans a clean sweep of all nine congressional seats, eliminating one held by Democrats.
00:28State House Speaker Cameron Sexton defended the move on X, writing,
00:33The Supreme Court has opined that redistricting, like the judicial system, should be colorblind.
00:38He added, Tennessee is joining other states in redrawing maps based on partisan politics.
00:44Democrats and voting rights groups are blasting the effort as a political power grab targeting black voters.
00:50Protesters flooded the state capitol this week.
00:53Police removed several demonstrators from hearings on Wednesday.
00:56They will eliminate our representative if this goes through.
01:01They're trying to push through a white nationalist agenda on our city, and we are not going to have it.
01:10The push comes after the Supreme Court weakened part of the Voting Rights Act in April,
01:16opening the door for Republican-led states across the South to redraw congressional lines ahead of the midterms.
01:23Tennessee lawmakers are likely to vote on and pass the new map later today.
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