the department of justice claims republican lawmakers are deliberately discriminating against a growing, gnawed white population. as a supreme court has observed a core principle of our democracy, is that quote, voters should choose than representatives, not the other way around. kaylee runs this mexican restaurant in austin. frustrated doesn't come close. doing their own does not representing us. that's, that's a lateral lamb is, is that is awesome to less, to stand up and say something like it. now he was just going to give up. the democrats campaigned hot here in texas in the 2020 presidential election and assign it just how much they think this state could flip. now that didn't happen, but they are increasingly confident here. texas is no longer the certainty for the republicans that it once was, and that has got some in the g o pe pretty worried texas gained to new seats in congress after the 2020 census which showed the population shot up by 4000000 over the last decade, 95 percent of that growth driven by black and latino arrivals to groups typically more likely to vote democrat.

of those claims. texas-size fight over voting maps. on monday the department of justice filed a lawsuit challenging texas republicans' plan for redrawinge districts. the new maps violate the voting rights act. >> as the supreme court has observed, a core principle of our democracy is that, quote, voters should choose their representatives, not the other way around. >> according to the doj, texas has grown population by 4 million people over the last decade and 95% of that growth is in black, latino and asian populations. the state allocated two more congressional seats after the 2020 census, but did not draw a single new district with a majority of black or hispanic voters. instead they have white voting majorities. >> the newly enacted redistricting plans will not allow minority voters to select their choice. >> reporter: they pave a safer path for the gop majority to stay in power. >> this was intentional, absolutely intentional attempt to suppress latino votes, black votes, asian votes. >> reporter: democratic state rep ramon romero says they hit his district hard. >> once you saw the new district, what did it do to you? >> 50% lati

that was put forward, discussions of fraud and claims of fraud in various states that was sent over to the justice department, and one of the sort of loyal republican top aides in the justice department cept an e-mail to a colleague after meadows sent this over describing it as, quote, pure insanity. so we don't exactly know what meadows is doing with all these things, and i wouldn't be surprised if he was, in fact, seriously entertaining some things that are perhaps asx treme as this powerpoint presentation even if he didn't advance this one. >> to play off of that for a moment, you have "the washington post" reporting today the person who actually circulated the powerpoint document is this retired army colonel who met with him eight times and even the night before the riots. we here at nbc news reached out for comment. what are the questions you still have about him, about this document, any connections he may have to the white house and perhaps even to those beyond the white house who showed up on that day the 6th? >> well, i think we know that the white house was engaged in a plan to try to delay that electoral college meeting, the electoral co

department of justice is now suing the state of texas claiming the state's newly drawn legislative maps discriminate against latino and black voters. the doj claims those maps approved by the state's republicanature were drawn with discriminatory intent and that they violate the voting rights act. >> white voters count for less than 40% of the state's population. but make up the majority in 23 districts, latino voters make up under 40% of the population, in just 7 districts. joining us to discuss, alexa yuy yura, a reporter for "the texas tribune." this is particularly marked here when you look at the numbers, 23 skewing white, seven latino, the population numbers are nearly equivalent here. what justification do republicans give for this district drawing and how do democrats counter? >> i think when you look at a state like texas that is increasingly diverse and a state in which latinos are equally the size of the white population, what republicans are looking at is a map that becomes increasingly difficult for them. so what they did in redistricting is that they bolstered many of the seats that had grown competitive over the last ten years. and in doing so drew lines that essentially gave

of those claims. >>> this morning a texas-size fight over voting maps. on monday the department of justice filed a lawsuit challenging texas republicans' plan for redrawing congressional and state legislative districts. the suit alleges the state's new maps violating the voting rights act because they discriminate against voters in the booming latino and black populations. >> as the supreme court has observed, a core principle of our democracy, voters should choose the representatives, not the other way around. >> reporter: the states attorney general firing back on twitter calling the suit absurd, adding he is confident the redistricting decisions will be proven lawful and this preposterous attempt to sway democracy will fail. texas has grown by 4 million people over the last decade, and that 95% of that growth is in black, latino and asian populations. the state was allocated two more congressional seats after the 2020 census, but did not draw a single new district with a majority of black or hispanic voters. instead the two new seats have white voting majorities. >> the newly enacted redistricting plans will not allow minority voters an equal opportun

department of justice for its lawsuit this week against texas over its new redistricting maps which doj claims disenfranchise minority voters. this is nonsense. gerrymandering has been going on for ages, republicansindependence. david: and he was going to be on the supreme court, imagine many. bill, what's yours? >> daled, a big miss to hillary clinton -- david, a big miss to hillary clinton. five years after she lost to donald trump, mrs. clinton still appears unable to move past it. this week she's seen on video reading the speech she would have given if that race had turned out the way she expected. needless to say, the reviews except for on "the view" have been pretty brutal, so no need to pile on,■ç but it is worth noting this was not offered as a public service. mrs. clinton delivered this speech as part of a masters class which charges between $15-23 a month, just the latest of a clinton cashing in on political experience. david: embarrassing. jillian? >> the 36-year-old prime minister of finland was out clubbing, but here's the thing, she's fully vaccinated. you have to be fully vaccinated to go to the club. she didn't violate any regulations in finland, and yet he still apologized. this

claims. he resigned the next day. this was set against the backdrop of something of a shake-up at the justice department when this man, jeffrey clark, a nondescript republican lawyer and doj flak, schemed to oust the acting attorney general jeffrey rosen and install himself in that position instead so he could do what? so he could weaponize the department of justice to force lawmakers in georgia to do trump's bidding. right? he's getting nowhere with the audits, he's getting nowhere with kemp, he's getting nowhere with raffensperger, he's getting nowhere with the u.s. attorney. so use the department of justice. use jeffrey clark to draft a letter to georgia's governor and legislative leaders. writing, "at this time we have identified significant concerns that may have impacted the outcome of the election in multiple states including the state of georgia." now, just to be abundantly clear, that is a lie. it's all lies. but in the absence of anyone else willing to go along with a lie, he gets jeffrey clark at doj. and clark wanted to use the legitimacy of the department of justice to disseminate the lie, to stamp it with doj letterhead, to give it it to georg

republicans. we don't know. and i can't speculate, jon, whether the department of justice is going to take this up and prosecute him. if anyone has a claim it's probably the former white house chief of staff. of course, biden has decided privilege is not useful. it's not applicable here. so i want to see what the justice department decides. >> that book "the hill to die on," good plug. >> no one's buying that book anymore, but it's very kind of you to plug it. >> look. there are still 11 days till christmas. you just said so. co-founder of "punchbowl news," jake sherman. we appreciate it, sir. >>> still ahead, we'll go live to cnbc for an early look on what's driving wall street ahead of a fresh round of inflation data. "way too early" is coming right back. data "way too early" is coming right back most bladder leak pads were similar. until always discreet invented a pad that protects differently. with two rapiddry layers. for strong protection, that's always discreet. question your protection. try always discreet. ♪♪ this flag isn't backwards. it's facing this way because it's moving forward. ♪♪ just like the men and women who wear it o

justice department with dubious claims of voting irregularities. they pressured members of state legislatures to commit audits. they were actively trying to subvert democracy. and they're the same people who could head up crucial committees if republicans take back the house next year. joining me now is kirk bardella, adviser to the dnc and the dccc. and kirk entrepreneur lit, "new york times" best-selling author of "the gatekeepers: how the white house chief of staff define every presidency." there are a couple of different kinds of chiefs of staff. there are the ones who tell the president things they don't want the hear, and then there are the kind that are simply enabler, particularly of a narcissistic style of president. here is a story, it's not from you, it's from tim alberta. it was in politico in 2020, and this is a story i think that defines who mark meadows was. when john boehner found out there was a group of these freedom caucus members who were plotting to make sure that he was not going to be speaker and to vote against him. and while meadows had not actually voted against boehner, this is what boehner recounts to tim alberta. boehner was on the couch sitting across from me in his office. suddenly he slides off the couch