- Former President Obama, who opposes partisan gerrymandering, endorsed California Democrats’ efforts to redraw the state’s congressional districts to counter GOP efforts to boost their ranks in Congress.
- His endorsements comes shortly before California lawmakers are largely expected to vote to place the matter on the ballot in a special election in November.
Former President Obama endorsed California Democrats’ plans to redraw congressional districts if Texas or another Republican-led state does so to increase the GOP’s chances of maintaining control of Congress after next year’s midterm election.
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Obama said that while he opposes partisan gerrymandering, Republicans in Texas acting at President Trump’s behest have forced Democrats’ hand.
If Democrats “don’t respond effectively, then this White House and Republican-controlled state governments all across the country, they will not stop, because they do not appear to believe in this idea of an inclusive, expansive democracy,” he said at a fundraiser Tuesday in Martha’s Vineyard that was first reported by the Associated Press on Wednesday.
“I wanted just a fair fight between Republicans and Democrats based on who’s got better ideas, and take it to the voters and see what happens,” Obama said, “… but we cannot unilaterally allow one of the two major parties to rig the game. And California is one of the states that has the capacity to offset a large state like Texas.”
Redistricting typically only occurs once a decade, after the census, to account for population shifts. In 2010, Californians voted to create an independent redistricting commission to end partisan gerrymandering. California’s 52 congressional districts were last redrawn in 2021.
Earlier this summer, Trump urged Texas leaders to redraw its congressional boundaries to increase the number of Republicans in Congress. Led by Gov. Gavin Newsom, California Democrats responded and proposed redrawing the state’s district lines and putting the matter before voters in a special election in November.
Think about this statement “…while he opposes partisan gerrymandering, Republicans in Texas acting at President Trump’s behest have forced Democrats’ hand…….”
Forced the Democrats hand? Give me a break. This is a radical Socialist who did everything he could as President to bend if not break the successful Capitalist nation. He then supported a President(?) who was incapable of running the office let alone tying his own shoelaces (Biden).
More and more evidence is coming out that Berry was the moving force and directing everything from intentionally allowing illegals to cross the border to a disastrous foreign policy that has dramatically hurt the US and most of the 2nd and 1st world economies.
All one has to do is look at how Slick has changed congressional lines with politics in Calif. and encouraged illegals to be counted for such lines.
But then again the smoking gun is where is the original document (not Hawaii’s statement) of live birth?
Yep you idiots voted for these Radical Socialists……not so much fun now is it!
Texas is simply responding to what the left has been doing for years.
MA: 36% Republican, 0 seats
CT: 42% Republican, 0 seats
ME: 46% Republican, 0 seats
NM: 46% Republican, 0 seats
NH: 48% Republican, 0 seats
RI: 42% Republican, 0 seats
VT: 32% Republican, 0 seats
HI: 38% Republican, 0 seats
DE: 42% Republican, 0 seats
Also, blue states that are underrepresented by Republicans:
CA: 38% Republican, only 9 of 52 seats (20.9%)
IL: 44% Republican, only 3 of 17 seats (17.6%)
NY: 43% Republican, only 7 of 26 seats (26.9%)
MD: 34% Republican, only 1 of 8 seats (12.5%)
NJ: 46% Republican, only 3 of 12 seats (25%)
OR: 41% Republican, only 1 of 6 seats (16.7%)
By party registration, Republicans have 25.22% of total registrations which include independents at 22.34% and “other” at 7.16%. Just looking at the two major parties, Republicans have 5,776,356 registrations and Democrats have 10,367,321 registrations. Yet Republicans have representation in only 9 of 52 Congressional districts, or 17.3%. Redistricting will shift 5 to 6 of the Republican to Democrat districts, reducing Republican representation to .058% to .077%. This redistricting is revolutionary act.effectively depriving the 5.7 MILLION California residents of ANY representation whatsoever.
Time to think about splitting the State into East and West California? Coastal communities plus Sacramento County in West California, and everything else East? (Tech production vs. Agriculture production.) At least, those Republicans in East California would have representation in the Congress and we would eliminate the stranglehold of Democrats in this most populous State in the U.S.