Hundreds of protesters marched on the North Carolina legislature Tuesday as state House lawmakers advanced new congressional districts designed to help protect Republicans' slim majority in Congress.

They gathered at the state capitol for speeches decrying the maps, then marched several blocks to the state legislature, where dozens were eventually ejected from a committee hearing after launching into a chant calling the map racist.

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Democrats, including state leaders who helped organize the protests, have opposed the GOP-led redistricting effort in part because it targets one of the state's few Black members of the U.S. House of Representatives.

The redistricting was approved by the state Senate in a series of votes Monday and Tuesday before clearing key House com

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