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Obama breaks silence on Gavin Newsom’s latest plan to take on Trump
Newsom has engineered the high-risk strategy in response to President Donald Trump’s own brinkmanship. Trump pushed Texas Republicans to reopen the legislative maps they passed in 2021 to squeeze out up to five new GOP seats to help the party stave off a midterm defeat.
Former President Barack Obama has endorsed California Governor Gavin Newsom’s fight against Republican gerrymandering efforts in a Wednesday night social media post.
California’s Democratic Legislature is expected to counter Texas’ mid-decade redraw of its congressional map with one of its own.
Under normal circumstances, the former president would not back a Democratic plan for mid-decade redistricting. But these are not normal circumstances.
Republican lawmakers are pursuing the unusual mid-decade redistricting plan amid pressure from Trump to protect the GOP’s slim majority in the U.S. House.
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