California Governor Gavin Newsom publicly denounced Republican redistricting initiatives targeting majority-Black congressional districts in former Confederate states—a strategy recently endorsed by the U.S. Supreme Court. He characterized these efforts as "Jim Crow 2.0," describing them as unambiguous racism occurring on a scale he characterized as unprecedented in his lifetime and fundamentally reversing progress achieved since the civil rights era.
In a related development, Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry unilaterally suspended a primary election that had already received over 42,000 ballots. His administration cited the implementation of revised district maps as justification for this interruption, ostensibly to restructure two Congressional districts in a manner that would substantially diminish Black political representation in the state.
Sources: theguardian.com
The words in bold are from the article.
| 1. denounced | a. without historical parallel |
| 2. endorsed | b. significantly |
| 3. unambiguous | c. without consultation |
| 4. unprecedented | d. approved |
| 5. fundamentally | e. condemned publicly |
| 6. reversing | f. temporarily halted |
| 7. unilaterally | g. at a basic level |
| 8. suspended | h. clear-cut |
| 9. justification | i. undoing |
| 10. substantially | j. rationale |
1.e 2.d 3.h 4.a 5.g 6.i 7.c 8.f 9.j 10.b