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In case you didn't know, Texas Republicans are redrawing the state's congressional districts in an attempt to gain five more seats to strengthen their narrow House majority in the 2026 midterm elections.
A few weeks ago, Trump said he was encouraging them to do this. When asked if he wanted a complete redraw of the Texas map, Trump said, "No, just a simple redraw. We pick up five seats."
Well, that potential new map was released today and it looks like this:
Needless to say, Dems aren't happy about it, with some people calling on California and Gavin Newsom to do something: "Gavin Newsom if you can hear me save me Gavin Newsom. Save me Gavin Newsom."
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JD Vance must have been seeing these tweets because he sent out this one accusing California of gerrymandering, "The gerrymander in California is outrageous. Of their 52 congressional districts, 9 of them are Republican. That means 17 percent of their delegation is Republican when Republicans regularly win 40 percent of the vote in that state. How can this possibly be allowed?"
That's when Gavin Newsom jumped in and responded with this: "Try again, dumb dumb."
The map Newsom used appears to be from a 2024 map made by the World Population Review.
Out of those 11 states, World Population Review says 10 favor Republicans.
Soooo, what happens next? The new Texas map will go to the Texas legislature for approval. Gavin Newsom has said he would try to redistrict in California, but that's not allowed under California law. Redistricting in California is carried out by an independent commission.
One way new maps could be adopted in California is if the legislature drafts new maps and holds a special election for voters to approve them.
I guess we'll see what happens next...
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