California's Democratic leadership launched a campaign for a special election to change congressional districts, aiming to diminish Republican representation. This initiative is a reaction to Republican-led states, particularly Texas, attempting to redraw maps to weaken Democrats in the U.S. House. Governor Gavin Newsom, along with state Senators and union leaders, emphasized the need to combat perceived power grabs. The proposed measure seeks to overturn the state's independent redistricting commission's work to create a more favorable map for Democrats ahead of important elections.
"He doesn't play by a different set of rules. He doesn't believe in the rules," Newsom said. "And as a consequence, we need to disabuse ourselves of the way things have been done. It's not good enough to just hold hands, have a candlelight vigil and talk about the way the world should be. We have got to recognize the cards that have been dealt, and we have got to meet fire with fire."
The proposed California ballot measure would temporarily toss out the congressional districts enacted by the state's voter-approved, independent redistricting commission.
Our union stands in full support of this ballot initiative. We are ready to do whatever it takes to stop this power grab and fight back against any and all attacks on our democracy, on our students and on public education."
Newsom, speaking to a fired-up partisan crowd at the Japanese American National Museum in downtown Los Angeles, said the effort by Republicans represented a desperate effort by a failed president to hold on to power by keeping Congress under Republican control.
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