Virginia state Sen. Henry Marsh (D) — the civil rights veteran whose visit to the presidential Inauguration was used by state Senate Republicans to push through a controversial legislative redistriciting Monday — had harsh words for his GOP colleagues Tuesday.“I wanted to attend the historic second inauguration of President Obama in person,” Marsh said in a statement. “For Senate Republicans to use my absence to push through a partisan redistricting plan that hurts voters across the state is shameful.”
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