OAKLAND, Calif. - In a letter, California Gov. Gavin Newsom urged President Donald Trump to stand down and stop his bid for the Texas state Legislature to redraw congressional districts.

Trump's plan

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Trump wants the GOP majority in Texas to redraw districts so that five more Republicans can be elected. Trump is pushing other Republican-controlled legislatures to follow suit as he tries to avoid a repeat of the 2018 midterms. Those elections during Trump’s first presidency yielded a new Democratic majority in the U.S. House that stymied his agenda and twice impeached him. Existing maps nationally put Democrats within three seats of a House majority at a time when there are only several dozen competitive districts out of 435.

‘Playing with fire’

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