Newsom says California won't redraw maps — but only if Texas does the same

WASHINGTON — California Gov. Gavin Newsom said he would drop threats to redraw California’s congressional map if red states dropped efforts to alter the political landscape before next year’s midterm elections.

In a letter to President Donald Trump on Monday, Newsom warned against following through with plans to redraw congressional boundaries in red states in order to protect Republicans’ slim majority in Congress, threatening to “neutralize” any GOP gains with a new map in California. The letter comes as Texas state lawmakers plan to vote on a newly proposed map in the coming weeks that would secure up to five new Republican seats in the U.S. House next November.

“You are playing with fire, risking the destabilization of our democracy,” Newsom wrote. “The attempt to rig congressional m