Hakeem Jeffries: "We are going to respond & respond forcefully, however we also will operate within the constraints of the Voting Rights Act which is not what the Texas Democrats (sic; he meant Republicans) are doing. We need fair maps & one national standard.”
Rep Hakeem Jeffries: “These extremists want to be able to choose their voters as opposed to allowing the Texas voters to choose the people who should be privileged to represent them in Washington. It's theft. That's what gerrymandering in its extreme form is."