In the face of ongoing dirty pool from the GOP, Democratic Party leaders say they’re ready to get ruthless.

“It’s not about whether we play hardball anymore. It’s about how we play hardball,” Gov. Gavin Newsom said on a press call Wednesday.

Newsom, Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., and Texas state Rep. Nicole Collier rallied in support of the passage of California’s Election Rigging Response Act. The retaliatory legislation establishes a process for implementing new, temporary, congressional maps in the nation’s most populous state if any other state engages in mid-decade redistricting.

Newsom, who unveiled the bill earlier this week, said that Democrats needed to “meet fire with fire” and be prepared to respond in kind to Republican gerrymandering efforts, warning that “this is about is about

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