Rep. Bennie Thompson: Mississippi Redistricting ‘Would Eliminate Black Representation if Left to Republican Control’

RUSH EXCERPT:

THOMPSON: “Well, let me say at table. Black people make up 38% of the population in Mississippi. We have four members of Congress. That means that black people should at least at a minimum, have one representative. What you see is exactly what I‘ve been talking about. Given an opportunity left to themselves without any guardrails, white Republican elected officials would wipe out every opportunity for black people to be elected. And so this Supreme Court issue, uh, that was decided in favor of the black community is now being challenged by the governor with a new redistricting plan. So, look, Victor, uh, I‘ve lived in Mississippi my whole life. Uh, I would not be an elected official had it not been for the Voting Rights Act. I would not have been a registered voter had it not been for the Voting Rights Act. The local officials in Mississippi wouldn‘t even register people to vote."