Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) is taking it to President Donald Trump over redistricting, saying Trump should call it off or else.

In a letter to the White House, Newsom suggested that the outcome would be the same whether new maps were drawn or not and urged the president not to move forward so everyone could avoid the headache.

"If you will not stand down, I will be forced to lead an effort to redraw the maps in California to offset the rigging of maps in red states," Newsom writes, adding, "You are playing with fire."

Trump and Newsom are leaders in a tit-for-tat battle over redistricting in the House of Representatives, which typically happens following the census but is being bandied about mid-decade amid a wider battle for control of Congress.

Trump has urged Texas to redraw its

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