Former President Barack Obama is backing California’s plan to counter mid-decade redistricting efforts by Republicans in Texas .

At a fundraising event Tuesday night for the National Democratic Redistricting Committee, Obama said the party needs to "respond effectively" to Republican attempts to gerrymander .

“I’ve had to wrestle with my preference, which would be that we don’t have political gerrymandering, but what I also know is that if we don’t respond effectively then this White House and Republican-controlled state governments all across the country, they will not stop, because they do not appear to believe in this idea of an inclusive, expansive democracy,” Obama said at the event that included former Attorney General Eric Holder and former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Cali

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