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This is huge: A bombshell from the Hofeller files seems to prove that North Carolina Republicans LIED about a racial gerrymander *in federal court* to prevent a special election that threatened their supermajority. slate.com/news-and-polit… @Slate
@Slate Republicans told a court they couldn't hold a special election in 2017 because they hadn't even BEGUN to draw new maps.
In fact, by that point, Hofeller had nearly finished drawing the new maps. Republicans allegedly just lied about their existence in court.
In fact, by that point, Hofeller had nearly finished drawing the new maps. Republicans allegedly just lied about their existence in court.
@Slate The federal court ordered Republicans not to even *look at* racial data when drawing the new maps. They claimed to comply.
In fact, Hofeller had data “regarding the racial composition of the proposed districts for each and every iteration of his draft maps.”
In fact, Hofeller had data “regarding the racial composition of the proposed districts for each and every iteration of his draft maps.”
@Slate At a legislative hearing, a Democrat asked Rep. Lewis, the Republican redistricting leader, whether Hofeller had drawn any new maps yet. Lewis said that he hadn't.
He had. The maps were already sitting on Hofeller's hard drive.
He had. The maps were already sitting on Hofeller's hard drive.
@Slate Just to be clear about this: The Hofeller files seem to prove that North Carolina Republicans illegally used racial data to redraw districts *that had already been struck down as a racial gerrymander,* then lied to a federal court about it. slate.com/news-and-polit…
