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Governor reveals election rigging response act to counter Trump’s push to gain five extra seats in Texas midterms

Gavin Newsom, California’s governor, said on Thursday state Democratic lawmakers would move forward with a redistricting plan to counter the Republican-led map-drawing effort in Texas aimed at securing a House majority after the midterm elections.

Newsom, joined by congressional Democrats and legislative leaders, unveiled a plan, known as the election rigging response act, that would override California’s independent redistricting commission and draw new congressional lines – a direct counter to a Texas effort, sought by Donald Trump, to push through mid-cycle maps that could hand Republicans five extra US House seats. The governor vowed the move would “neuter and neutralize” Texas’s proposal.

“Today is liberation day in the state of California,” Newsom declared at a rally in Los Angeles, in which he formally called for a 4 November special election to approve a new congressional map. “We can’t stand back and watch this democracy disappear district by district all across the country.”

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[–] n3m37h@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The United staaaaahahahahahahahahahahaaa of ahahahahahahaha MURIKA!

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[–] person420@lemmynsfw.com 1 points 1 day ago (5 children)

Republicans are geographically dispersed while Democrats are generally packed into urban areas. We lose 100% of the time if we try the same gerrymandering tactics. We need to be smarter, not play their games.

If you think I'm wrong, show me a single state we could flip from red to blue by gerrymandering. You need to show your work though. You can't just say X state, you have to show HOW you could flip the state by gerrymandering.

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[–] brucethemoose@lemmy.world -1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Shouldn’t they have saved the shot for another state, since Texas (AFAIK) stopped the attempt?

I mean, I am all for fighting. But Democrats have very little ammo.

Honestly it seems more like a attention grab for Newsom so he can run for president. I don’t want Newsom as the next candidate…

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