Sen. Raphael Warnock

Let's be really clear.

The Calais decision, what the Supreme Court did the other day, is a devastating and deeply consequential blow to our entire election system.

Donald Trump, to be sure, in real sense, started this fire by calling into Texas and saying, I need five more seats.

And that's how this episode, at least, of gerrymandering began.

And then the Supreme Court

poured fuel on the fire.

And as a result of that, we're seeing Louisiana, we're seeing other states, Alabama in the middle of elections, busy trying to jimmy rig the outcome of the election, trying to give politicians a louder voice than the voters during an election.

Literally turning our democratic system on its head so that rather than the voters picking their representatives,

Politicians are busy trying to pick their voters.

That's what gerrymandering is.

I have a bill that would ban gerrymandering.

I support what California did.

I support what Virginia did.

And because we can't, as Democrats, we can't afford to unilaterally disarm.

I think we've got to not just win this election.

We've got to save our doggone democracy.

And so in light of that, we can't unilaterally disarm.

But I would support banning partisan gerrymandering altogether.

I think the democracy would be much better off.

I have a bill to do that.