BURSTCalifornia Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) rallied support Thursday for his redistricting proposal in response to Texas’s plans, telling the country to “wake up” to what President Trump is trying to do in office.
“Wake up, America,” he said at the rally, formally announcing the special election he is planning that would allow California to propose a new congressional map if another state passes its own first. “This is a serious moment. Wake up to what’s going on. Wake up to the fear, the anxiety.”
Newsom revealed last week that California would move forward with plans to hold a special election in November on a ballot measure allowing the legislature to redraw the map for the remainder of the decade. He has said the measure won’t eliminate the independent redistricting commission that the state uses to draw its lines but would let the state keep up with Republican attempts to gerrymander.
This is a developing story.