Morning Digest: GOP dismantles third Black district after gutting of VRA
Morning Digest: GOP dismantles third Black district after gutting of VRA Louisiana Republicans join their counterparts in Alabama and Tennessee to undermine Black representation Jeff Singer Jun 1 Louisiana Rep. Cleo Fields (D), whose majority-Black congressional district was just dismantled by Republicans (credit: Cleo Fields Facebook) Leading Off LA Redistricting Republican Gov. Jeff Landry signed a new congressional gerrymander on Friday after both chambers of Louisiana’s Republican-dominated legislature passed a map that transforms Democratic Rep. Cleo Fields’ predominantly Black 6th District into a majority-white and safely Republican constituency. Following similar moves in Alabama and Tennessee , Fields’ seat is now the third majority-Black constituency that Republicans have sought to eviscerate following the Supreme Court’s late April decision to gut the Voting Rights Act in Louisiana v. Callais . According to data from...