California unveiled plans to redraw its electoral districts Thursday, as Democrats push back on what they say is Donald Trump's effort to rig next year's Congressional elections to safeguard his slim Republican majority.

Governor Gavin Newsom said he would ask voters to approve new maps that would effectively neutralize changes Texas is planning that are expected to give Republicans more seats in the House of Representatives.

"Today is Liberation Day in the State of California," Newsom told supporters at the Democracy Center in Los Angeles.

"Donald Trump, you have poked the bear, and we will punch back," he said, a reference to the animal that symbolizes the 39-million strong state.

The move came after weeks of maneuvering in Texas, where Governor Greg Abbott -- acting at Trump's behes

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