As Trump presses states to redraw their district maps to favor Republicans, David Sirota gets the inside scoop from Texas Democratic Congressman Lloyd Doggett, who is on the frontlines of the gerrymandering war. Doggett this week announced a shocking act of self-sacrifice, jeopardizing his own career for the battle against Trump.
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[00:00:00] David Sirota: From The Lever's reader supported newsroom, this is lever time. I'm David Sirota. President Donald Trump has a problem. If election trends continue the way they're going after Trump rammed his unpopular tax bill through Congress, then his party is gonna lose its slim majority in the US house. So Trump is trying to rig the election map by