Rep. Al Green: Republicans’ Racism Is Not Going to Change Democracy in the State of Texas

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GREEN: “And I want you to know that we didn't introduce the race card. When this message was sent by and through the Justice Department to the state of Texas, to our attorney general, they mentioned the race car because they talked about racial gerrymandering. They brought it up, and when they brought it up, they did it knowing that this was a buzz word. It was a trigger. They knew that if they could use the race card in Texas, where we have white primaries and when the Supreme Court said, well, you can’t do that, then we had white pre-primaries, where we've had all sorts of obstacles to voting, they knew that that’s a buzzword that people would respond to in Texas. But we are going to respond to that buzzword by telling them that your racism is not going to change democracy in the state of Texas, is not going to change it in the United States of America. Racism is going to be met with our taking a stand for democracy. You take a stand for racism. We will stand for democracy and we will win. We will win. Democracy is going to win."