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“The man who drew this map testified under oath that he used partisan data to draw up each district,” Driskell said. “Everyone. And when the governor’s lawyer was asked if Democratic voters were underrepresented in our congressional delegation, his response was that ‘that’s a normative question.’

“Members, if we vote yes on this bill, it’s not just that we’re being misled, we’re blessing this mess. Timing says it all. The governor announces his intention to redistrict, shortly after the President of the United States. request This is exactly what Republican-led states need to do. There is no neutral explanation for this sequence of events,” Driskell added.

The House vote came just an hour after the U.S. Supreme Court voted. destroyed the Voting Rights Act by eliminating a majority-black district in Louisiana. The Florida House voted against a Democratic proposal to delay the vote for two hours to study the implications of the Supreme Court’s decision. Wednesday morning, DeSantis posted on that the High Court’s ruling vindicated its decision to redraw the state’s map.