{"id":1288803,"date":"2022-02-10T14:44:30","date_gmt":"2022-02-10T19:44:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1288803"},"modified":"2022-02-10T16:17:40","modified_gmt":"2022-02-10T21:17:40","slug":"dem-rep-cooper-gop-absolutely-targeting-race-with-redistricting-their-number-one-goal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dem-rep-cooper-gop-absolutely-targeting-race-with-redistricting-their-number-one-goal\/","title":{"rendered":"Dem Rep. Cooper: GOP &#039;Absolutely&#039; Targeting Race with Redistricting &#8212; &#039;Their Number One Goal&#039;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdem-rep-cooper-gop-absolutely-targeting-race-with-redistricting-their-number-one-goal%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1288803&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Jim-Cooper-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Thursday on \u201cCNN Newsroom,\u201d Rep. Jim Cooper (D-TN) claimed GOP-led state legislatures like Alabama were targeting race with their redrawn congressional maps.<\/p>\n<p>A three-judge federal panel ruled that the legislature had likely violated&nbsp;the Voting Rights Act with the new maps, but&nbsp;the U.S. Supreme Court placed the lower court\u2019s ruling on hold.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>Cooper called the Supreme Court decision \u201ca shame.\u201d He argued the GOP\u2019s \u201cnumber one goal\u201d since former President Richard Nixon has been to target race.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a shame because the court could play a very constructive role here. They\u2019ve chosen not to. They don\u2019t want to enter the so-called political thicket, and yeah, they do all the time like with the Alabama case you just mentioned,\u201d Cooper lamented. \u201cThey\u2019re essentially making one mainly black district there, as opposed to two challenge districts in which people of any race, party or color could be elected. So, they\u2019ve chosen to do this, and this neglectful attitude towards U.S. politics could end up hurting our country more severely than the justices realize.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIs a Republican Party or Republican-led state legislature deliberately targeting race with these maps?\u201d host Jim Sciutto asked.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAbsolutely,\u201d Cooper replied. \u201cThat\u2019s their number one goal, and it 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\u2019s still the right thing to do, but it\u2019s a shame to see the party of Lincoln, the Republicans, abandon Lincoln\u2019s principles.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Follow Trent Baker&nbsp;on Twitter&nbsp;<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/MagnifiTrent\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">@MagnifiTrent<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thursday on \u201cCNN Newsroom,\u201d Rep. Jim Cooper (D-TN) claimed GOP-led state legislatures like Alabama were targeting race with their redrawn congressional maps. 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