Former President Barack Obama endorsed California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s (D) redistricting plan in California on Wednesday, calling it a smart and measured approach.

“Over the long term, we shouldn’t have political gerrymandering in America, just a fair fight between Republicans and Democrats based on who’s got better ideas,” Obama wrote in a post on X.

“But since Texas is taking direction from a partisan White House and gerrymandering in the middle of a decade to try and maintain the House despite their unpopular policies, I have tremendous respect for how Governor Newsom has approached this,” he continued. “He’s put forward a smart, measured approach in California, designed to address a very particular problem at a very particular moment in time.”

Obama’s public statement comes after he

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