“President Trump has called on Republican-controlled states across the country to redraw congressional districts,” said state Sen. Ralph Hise, North Carolina Republican, who championed the new redistricting effort.
North Carolina Senate approves redrawn district map likely giving GOP another seat in Congress
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Hise said there's nothing unlawfully discriminatory about the map - race-based data wasn't used to create the proposal and said the lack of evidence of racially polarized voting in the region would make it unconstitutional to draw lines with the chief goal of helping Black voters elect their favored candidates.
North Carolina GOP advances congressional map to secure another House seat for Trump
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