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As Texas, under pressure from President Trump, considers redrawing congressional lines to boost GOP numbers in Congress, California considers responding by boosting the state's Democratic districts.
Democrats said they will not stand idly by as Republicans try to hurt their chances of retaking the House in the midterms.
Newsom’s next best defense is that killing this project is a “ gift to China ,” which probably makes sense in his internal communications meetings but does not connect in real life. China has the most advanced high-speed rail network in the world, but by invoking the Chinese, Newsom is simply highlighting how inept his administration is.
Instead, Trump wants an unnecessary mid-decade redistricting with the goal of creating as many as five more GOP House seats in next year’s midterm elections, in which Republicans are in extreme danger of losing the House and with it the governing trifecta that made party-line legislation like the One Big Beautiful Act possible.
Democrats from the Texas Legislature met with Gov. Gavin Newsom in Sacramento to discuss President Trump's push to redistrict the Lone Star State and alter the outcome of the midterm elections.
Like Trump and MAGA, blue state legislators put their thumb on the scale. Shockingly, county registrars back the move.
After meetings with Democrats from the Texas House, Gavin Newsom and JB Pritzker suggested their states could counter a gerrymander by Texas Republicans.
California's affordability crisis could lead to more relaxed emissions standards, according to a plan introduced by state Democrats.