Rep. Barbara Gervin-Hawkins (D) District 120 says democracy is on the line with redistricting in Texas

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Rep. Barbara Gervin-Hawkins discusses the implications of redistricting in Texas and its impact on democracy.

Send us Fan Mail Rep. Barbara Gervin-Hawkins Texas (D) from District 120 is in Chicago with other democratic representatives from Texas. Rep. Hawkins said that the redrawing of lines is racist, a threat to democracy and it amounts to cheating. Hawkins in this interview lays out the argument that this is not a Republican, Democrat or Independent issue but instead it is an issue that affects all Americans and the way we live going forward. She concludes by listing a strategy that will work...

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Host: Floyd Miller

Guest: Rep. Barbara Gervin-Hawkins

Topics covered

• redistricting
• democracy
• politics
• Texas
• elections
• social justice

Keywords

• redistricting
• democracy
• Texas
• politics
• elections
• social justice
• representation

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Organizations: Democratic representatives, Republican, Democrat, Independent

Places: Texas, Chicago, District 120

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