After recent remarks were made by U.S. Rep. Shomari Figures (D-Mobile), arguing that congressional redistricting in Alabama will disenfranchise black voters, U.S. Rep. Barry Moore (R-Enterprise) criticized the hypocrisy of his fellow congressman for making such comments.
“I was the one who was actually drawn out of my district when they sued,” explained Moore on Newsmax. “It was an Eric Holder move. They sued all the red states. None of the blue states got sued, oddly enough, and they kept drawing districts. What we saw in Virginia, where they literally took a six Democrat, five Republican state and turned it into a 10 and one, and nobody was protesting and screaming racism then.”
According to Moore, congressional districts should be based on "communities of interest," not racial factors, as demanded by Figures.
“It’s a matter of getting communities of interest to vote, and President Trump's doing 11 points better with the minority voters," Moore noted. "So to say that they can't, they're because we're drawing districts to help Republicans, and the president is reaching that group of people. I think it's important that we look at it again as communities of interest. Those are so vitally important.”
He added, “Let's not divide the country and the states based on race.”
On Tuesday, Moore is facing off against multiple GOP opponents in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate, such as Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall, former Navy SEAL Jared Hudson, businessman Rodney Walker, Seth Burton and Dr. Dale Shelton Deas, Jr.
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