Dem. Rep. Cooper on Redistricting: GOP ‘Deliberately Targeting Race,’ That’s Their Number One Goal Since Nixon’s Southern Strategy

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SCIUTTO: "Is a Republican Party or Republican-let state legislature deliberately targeting race with these mats?"
COOPER: "Absolutely. That’s their number one goal and has been really since Richard Nixon had the southern strategy. You know, LBJ predicted that when he signed the civil rights laws that will hurt the Democratic Party in the south for 40 years. He underestimated the problem. Now, it's still the right thing to do but it's shame to see the party of Lincoln, the Republicans, abandon Lincoln's principles."