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Justin Pearson Blasts Trump-Backed Tennessee Maps as “Tools of White Supremacy”
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21:32Now PlayingTennessee’s only majority-Black congressional district is under attack, and Justin Pearson is calling it exactly what he believes it is: a racist power grab tied to white supremacy and voter suppression.
Justin Pearson delivered a blistering condemnation of Tennessee’s redistricting fight, accusing Republicans of using racist political tactics to dismantle Black voting power in Memphis. The panel framed the battle over District 9 as part of a larger coordinated assault on voting rights, democracy, and Black representation across the country. Speakers repeatedly warned that Republican mapmaking, Supreme Court rulings, and voter suppression efforts are converging into what they described as a political war over power and representation.
🔥 Justin Pearson blasted Tennessee’s redistricting maps as “tools of white supremacy” tied to Donald Trump and Republican power consolidation.
🔥 Pearson accused Tennessee Republicans of targeting and cracking the state’s only majority-Black congressional district for “political and racial dominance.”
🔥 The panel warned that voter suppression, redistricting, and Supreme Court decisions are being coordinated to weaken Black political power nationwide.
🔥 “The Voting Rights Act was paid in blood.”
🔥 “This is a war.”
🔥 “Everything is on the line.”
🔥 “They think they are being able to steal the black vote.”
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