Reporter’s Notebook: Democrats say they can still flip the House despite GOP redistricting gains in the South

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Redistricting and race. Democrats are beside themselves, watching what Republicans are doing on redistricting — especially in the South. "What we're seeing is an attack on legitimate opportunities for Black candidates to have representation here in Congress," said Rep. Shomari Figures, D-Ala., who is on track to lose his district in Mobile. Democrats say they know what Republicans are up to. "They've also been trying to eliminate teaching America's history, right? Whitewashing America's history," said former Vice President Kamala Harris. BLOCKBUSTER SUPREME COURT VOTING RIGHTS RULING IGNITES REDISTRICTING WAR ACROSS SOUTHERN STATES States like Texas, Louisiana, Tennessee, Alabama – and now Georgia and South Carolina are redrawing district maps for House Members. That’s after Missouri revamped its maps. Many of these new districts are squeezing out members of the Congressional Black Caucus. In essence, Democrats see this as a "Southern Strategy" by the GOP, stamping out Black lawmakers. "It’s about race," said Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., the top Democrat on the Homeland Security Committee. "I feel like I’ve been assaulted," said Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, D-Mo. "We've seen this before," said Rep. Greg Meeks, D-N.Y., the top Democrat on the Foreign Affairs Committee. "We're looking at losing possibly 19 members of the Congressional Black Caucus because of this frankly racist redistricting efforts targeted towards disenfranchising Black voters across the country," said Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez , D-N.Y. Republicans say turnabout is fair play. They note that you can’t find a Republican anywhere in the six states which comprise New England. "It’s out of whack. It's out of balance. And I think Republicans are finally waking up given the legal landscape changes and going, ‘Well, maybe we need to reconsider the way that we do things in our state,’" said Rep. Russell Fry, R-S.C. South Carolina initially balked at drawing new maps. But the Palmetto State reversed course af…