- Fox News host Jesse Watters controversially suggested that Black people should increase their reproduction to gain more congressional seats.
- Watters' comments were made in response to House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and other Democrats expressing outrage over Republican-led gerrymandering efforts.
- President Donald Trump has directed Republican-led states to redraw congressional districts to favor Republicans, potentially eliminating Black majority districts.
- A recent Supreme Court ruling reinterpreted Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, giving states more leeway to redraw maps that could dilute the votes of racial minorities.
- Co-host Harold Ford Jr. criticized the practice of gerrymandering, arguing against drawing districts that unfairly advantage one political party.
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