Congresswoman Corrine Brown says state lawmakers will make it impossible for an African American to represent her district in Congress. Now Brown is suing to stop lawmakers from redrawing her district when they meet next week in Tallahassee to create new congressional maps.
Brown's district currently runs north to south linking parts of Jacksonville, Gainesville, and the Orlando area. A new map turns the district sideways, sending it west to Tallahassee. And that, Brown says, will prevent any African American from representing the 5th District.
“We aren’t talking about republicans or democrats, we’re talking about representative government. We need to make sure that we have an opportunity to elect candidates of our choice," she said Thursday in a press conference.
Brown's lawsuit in federal court attempts to block lawmakers from changing her district when they meet next week to draw new maps. They’re redoing the maps because the Florida Supreme Court threw out the current ones, ruling that they were politically influenced.
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