{"id":341688,"date":"2026-05-08T09:00:06","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T08:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/debate-are-trump-backed-voting-maps-in-the-south-racist\/"},"modified":"2026-05-08T09:00:06","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T08:00:06","slug":"debate-are-trump-backed-voting-maps-in-the-south-racist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/debate-are-trump-backed-voting-maps-in-the-south-racist\/","title":{"rendered":"Debate: Are Trump-backed voting maps in the South racist?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.ytimg.com\/vi\/P2hwWzjgpoU\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Debate: Are Trump-backed voting maps in the South racist?\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/P2hwWzjgpoU\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Amid raucous protests Thursday, Republicans in Tennessee enacted a new US House map that carves up a majority-Black district in Memphis, reshaping it to the GOP\u2019s advantage as part of President Donald Trump\u2019s strategy to hold on to a slim majority in the November midterm elections.<\/p>\n<p>The proposed House map would break up Tennessee\u2019s lone Democratic-held district, centered on the majority-Black city of Memphis, creating a ripple effect of alterations to districts throughout the western and central parts of the state. 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