- Gov. Newsom and national Democratic leaders rallied support for Proposition 50, which would redraw California’s congressional districts to favor Democrats.
- The ballot measure has prompted fierce opposition from the GOP and former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger.
- Supporters frame the November vote as essential for democracy, while critics call it a partisan power grab costing taxpayers millions.
The multimillion-dollar jousting over redrawing California’s congressional districts to boost Democrats and counter President Trump was on full display in recent days, as both sides courted voters less than a month before ballots begin arriving in mailboxes.
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Gov. Gavin Newsom, national Democratic leaders including Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and a slew of political influencers held an hours-long virtual rally Tuesday afternoon, urging Californians to support Proposition 50 in the Nov. 4 special election. Speakers framed the stakes of the ballot measure as nothing short of existential — not just for Democratic interests, but also for democracy.
“It’s all at stake. This is a profound and consequential moment in American history. We can lose this republic if we do not assert ourselves and stand tall at this moment and stand guard to this republic and our democracy. I feel that in my bones,” Newsom said Tuesday afternoon.
If passed, Proposition 50 would gerrymander the state’s congressional districts to favor Democrats, bolstering the fates of several Democrats in vulnerable swing districts and potentially cost Republicans up to five House seats.
California’s congressional districts are drawn by a voter-approved independent commission once a decade after the U.S. census. But Newsom and other state Democrats proposed a rare mid-decade redrawing of the districts to increase the number of Democrats in Congress in response to similar efforts in GOP-led states, notably Texas.
Tuesday’s virtual rally, which was emceed by progressive influencer Brian Tyler Cohen, was a cross between an old-school money-raising telethon and new media streaming session. Popular podcasters and YouTubers such as Crooked Media’s Jon Favreau and Tommy Vietor (alumni of former President Obama’s administration), Ben Meiselas of MeidasTouch and David Pakman shared the screen with political leaders, with an on-screen fundraising thermometer inching higher throughout.
“”””California’s congressional districts are drawn by a voter-approved independent commission once a decade ….””””””
The Radical Socialist Party (aka Dem) has intentionally re-written CEQA, weaponized the Coastal Commission to jam High Density Housing on the Coast, refused to enforce licenses for E-Motorcycles that are dangerous on the streets, and are forcing government subsidized housing costing taxpayers tons of money while removing it from the tax bases and more.
Are you going to let them get away with one more dictatorial move?
After all the congressional commission was approved by a combination of the Left and Right.
When does the dictatorship end?
If you vote for these radicalized progressive Marxist party in California, you should not be able to move out of state. You should have to suffer your crappy vote, in other words, you should not be allowed to move to a RED State where they prosper, live safely and appreciated law enforcement and individuals who do not have to pander to the leftist ideology of the progressive bought and paid for losers who shape this horrible state of incompetence. From education, medicine, firefighting, real estate, rentals and every other component of living, I think you would agree that everything the Democrats touch turns to ruin/decay and complete destruction.
“The Texas Constitution mandates that legislative districts for the Texas Legislature be redrawn every 10 years following the U.S. Census to reflect population changes.”
So why does Texas get a pass when tRump the dick-tator tells them to redistrict in the middle of their cycle? Where is your outrage? You morons who vote R have no intelligence to see you have been duped.
Go find some redneck state where bigots are welcome and don’t forget to ask tRump to give you the Epstein files that he promised on day one suckers.
TACO