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GAVIN NEWSOM Slaps Back at Trump's Plan to Gerrymander Texas, Floats Redistricting of California [1]
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Date: 2025-07-14
The Republican Party's electoral prospects in 2026 are rapidly becoming more dire as Donald Trump and virtually every one of his policy priorities are sinking to ever lower depths of disapproval with ever growing majorities of the American people.
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Trump's job approval ratings are currently among the lowest of his modern predecessors. And with regard to the issues that he has deemed crucial, he is underwater on everything from immigration and deportations, to tariffs and trade, to foreign policy and the wars in Ukraine and Gaza, to the economy, and more, including his most recent debacle, the so-called "Big Beautiful Bill" for billionaires and ballooning deficits.
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Given the abysmal fate that is hovering over the MAGA GOP, Trump and his Republican cohorts are plotting to rig the 2026 elections in order to retain power. Texas governor Greg Abbott recently announced that he will be calling for a special session of the Texas legislature to force a rare mid-census redistricting. The purpose of which is to redraw the district maps to favor Republicans and oust Democrats. As reported by MSNBC...
"Trump has reportedly been leaning on Abbott to rejigger the state’s 38 congressional districts to help protect the slim Republican majority in the House ahead of the 2026 midterms. The president, terrified of a repeat of the 2018 midterms that opened the door to two impeachments against him, has zeroed in on even more extreme gerrymandering to limit Democrats’ midterm gains."
Trump has good reason to be afraid. If Democrats regain majorities in the House and Senate, they have a cornucopia of corrupt practices by Trump and his cronies to investigate and to hold accountable where appropriate under the law.
However, the desperation move by Trump and Abbott may backfire on them. Firstly, because moving some Republicans into Democratic districts may not be enough to flip them from blue to red. Although it could make the previously safe red districts more vulnerable to flipping to blue.
What's more, the GOP election manipulation plot in red states might result in reciprocal action in blue states. In fact, Gov. Gavin Newsom is already teasing that possibility for California. In a conversation with The Tennessee Holler, Newsom said (at 7:53)...
"I saw what Gov. Abbott did today, announcing a special session that will include redistricting. These guys aren't f**king around. They're playing by a totally different set of rules. And here I am in California trying to raise the bar of bipartisanship. Years and years ago we did independent redistricting in a state that I assure you - with two-thirds majorities in the legislature - could gerrymander like no other state. And we've been playing fair. When I saw what he did today, it made me question that entire program."
x NEW INTERVIEW: California Governor Gavin Newsom @GavinNewsom sits down with The Holler’s @Kanew to talk about Trump’s masked ICE raids terrorizing California, and how authoritarianism is already here for immigrant communities.
(:27) “It looks like martial law”
(1:26) “How is… pic.twitter.com/j1byv11ALB — The Tennessee Holler (@TheTNHoller) July 10, 2025
Newsom concluded by warning that Republicans, who "have no shame and no limits," are crossing a red line with threats to democracy. Which is a line that was actually crossed long ago. Trump frequently refers to Democrats - who represent at least half the country - as "evil" and "the enemy." And more specifically, the Trump regime has attack Gov. Newsom in the most vile and anti-American way. For example, Trump's White House Director of Communications, Steven Cheung, took a precarious leap into comparing Trump's moral character with Newsom's. Not a very smart move...
x Steven Cheung, Trump's Director of Communications, thinks it's a good idea to bring up Gavin Newsom's one affair from 20 years ago, even though his boss, Donald Trump, has cheated on all 3 of his wives, was close friends with Jeffrey Epstein, and has been adjudicated as a rapist.
https://t.co/mTaxgxUU8K pic.twitter.com/x5Cbebcljz — News Corpse (@NewsCorpse) July 13, 2025
It's always easy to tell who Trump is most afraid of. It is those who are the least afraid of him, and who will call him on his bullsh*t without hesitation. Newsom is emerging as one of the most courageous and effective Trump critics. Consequently, he will also be one of Trump's most frequent targets. The problem for Trump is that Newsom is far more intelligent and is backed up by the truth. Trump would be wise to STFU for change. And since that would be wise, don't expect it to happen.
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