“California Democrats are charging ahead with an ambitious and potentially expensive plan to squeeze between five and seven more Democratic seats out of their congressional map,” Punchbowl News reports. “The goal: To offset the Republican redistricting in Texas — and potentially elsewhere — and win the House majority next year.”
“California Democrats were overwhelmingly on board with drawing a new map, but members want input in how the lines are drawn.”
In an interview on Tuesday evening with Pod Save America, Newsom decried “a whole ‘nother level of weaponization coming from the right,” saying Republicans “gotta rig the game” because they “can’t win by existing rules.” While calling for “a national framework for independent redistricting,” Newsom warned against those who want to “play f