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Former attorney general Eric Holder said the country’s democracy is in need of a “serious renovation,” claiming Republicans practicing gerrymandering threaten voting rights.
Holder, the chairman of the National Democratic Redistricting Committee, criticized laws aimed at suppressing voter turnout and took aim at Republicans he believed to be redrawing electoral maps to splinter Democratic bases of support in an interview on CBS’ “Good Mornings” on Monday.
“I’m committed to fighting for fairness,” Holder said. “Because I’m also confident that if the process is fair, the Democrats, progressives will do just fine. We don’t have to cheat; Republicans have to cheat in order to win.”
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