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Robin Hayes stated on January 10, 2018 in Press release:

"A ‘gerrymander’ is by definition and common understanding, a strange looking ‘monster’ drawing. This map is clearly not that."

By Paul Specht• January 10, 2018

Nikema Williams stated on June 25, 2013 in a party press release:

"Georgia is nearly 50 percent Democratic and (the Republican majority) diminished our voting strength to 32 percent through gerrymandered maps."

By Janel Davis• July 19, 2013

Jerry Tillman stated on November 15, 2019 in a speech:

Says the U.S. Constitution "doesn’t say anything about (redistricting) being fair. … it’s set up to be partisan."

By Paul Specht• November 26, 2019

Nina Perales stated on May 31, 2011 in a press release.:

Says a Republican-drawn map of proposed U.S. House districts for Texas "gerrymanders more than nine million Latinos in Texas to make sure that we have no more electoral opportunity than we did in 1991."

By W. Gardner Selby• June 22, 2011

Phil Berger stated on September 15, 2017 in In a press release:

North Carolina has "the strictest anti-gerrymandering standards in the entire country."

By Paul Specht• October 5, 2017

Trey Martinez Fischer stated on February 25, 2013 in press conference in the Texas House Speaker’s Committee Room.:

Says that since 1975, redistricting by Texas lawmakers has always been found in violation of Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act.

By W. Gardner Selby• March 1, 2013

Michael Screnock stated on January 29, 2018 in a radio ad:

Says Tim Burns and Rebecca Dallet "have openly criticized laws signed by Governor Walker that they disagree with and are campaigning as activists who will implement their policies from the bench."

By Tom Kertscher• February 14, 2018

North Carolina state House Democratic Caucus stated on January 31, 2022 in a tweet:

Republican state Sens. Paul Newton and Warren Daniel “refused to even give testimony” in North Carolina’s latest redistricting case.

By Paul Specht• February 17, 2022

Roy Cooper stated on July 28, 2017 in in a newsletter:

Last year, Democrats won nearly 50% of the vote, yet they hold only 38% of the seats in the state House and 30% of the seats in the state Senate.

By Paul Specht• August 9, 2017

Rick Scott stated on August 01, 2014 in a press statement:

"Attorney General Eric Holder’s own Justice Department precleared the voting changes in the 2011 law" about early voting in Florida.

By Amy Sherman• August 4, 2014

Mandela Barnes stated on August 10, 2020 in a public forum:

GOP-backed "racist disenfrachisement" led to only five polling places being open in Milwaukee for April 7 election.

By Lawrence Andrea• August 14, 2020

Bob Barr stated on June 29, 2008 in an interview with Fox News.:

"The legislation ... that Senator McCain supports would provide the authority for the federal government to surveille American citizens in their own country without any suspicion whatsoever that they're engaging in discussions with terrorists or about criminal activity."

By Adriel Bettelheim• July 2, 2008

Dave Hansen stated on March 05, 2017 in an interview:

Wisconsin is "the most -- if not Number 1, number 2 -- gerrymandered state in the country" for state legislative boundaries.

By Tom Kertscher• March 17, 2017

Phil Berger stated on December 08, 2017 in a press release:

"Death penalty opponents like Roy Cooper and Josh Stein have imposed a de-facto moratorium on capital punishment."

By Paul Specht• January 3, 2018

Common Cause stated on July 19, 2016 in an online video ad:

"Half of all NC legislative candidates are unopposed because of gerrymandering."

By Will Doran• August 9, 2016

Janet Bewley stated on November 05, 2021 in News release:

“Wisconsin is almost equally divided on partisan lines” and therefore new Legislative maps could be drawn to “represent that 50-50 split.”

By Madeline Heim• November 23, 2021

Chain email stated on June 03, 2010 in a chain e-mail circulated on the Internet:

Once the U.S. government signs a U.N. treaty on conventional arms, "all U.S. citizens will be subject to those gun laws created by foreign governments."

By Louis Jacobson• June 9, 2010

Turning Point USA stated on March 27, 2021 in a video posted on Instagram:

HR 1 “gives the federal government the power to establish their own committees” to take over the redistricting process.

By Louis Jacobson• April 2, 2021

Chris Larson stated on November 09, 2020 in Twitter:

“Jurisdictions representing about 80% of WI residents have passed referendums or resolutions in favor of fair maps.”

By Laura Schulte• December 21, 2020

Rush Limbaugh stated on May 26, 2009 in his radio program:

Sotomayor "ruled against the white firefighter — Ricci and other white firefighters — just on the basis that she thought women and minorities should be given a preference because of their skin color and because of the history of discrimination in the past. The law was totally disregarded."

By Robert Farley• May 28, 2009

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