On Tuesday, California voters overwhelming passed Proposition 50, a statewide redistricting measure that lays the groundwork for Democrats to pick up five additional House seats. The measure was drawn up in response to similar redistricting efforts mounted by the GOP in Texas.
I mean, he’s not entirely wrong. Part of the magic of gerrymandering is that it takes ten years to work these suits through the courts and maybe ten minutes for a legislature to sidestep a ruling. Plenty of states had been playing dodgeball with the VRA years before it was formally gutted.
At the same time, nobody loves to fold a winning hand more than the Democrats. So while I’ve been promised new maps that pretty much guarantee +5 House pickups across the state, I’m not holding my breath. These are the same idiots and assholes who passed on two free Senators and a house seat or two from DC Statehood back in 2009. And then, again, in 2021.
We could well see the end of the filibuster under Donald Trump after a minor inconvenience, after Democrats defended the GOP ability to bottle up legislation for decades prior.
That’s what so great about Newsom accomplishing this. After making some early missteps, Newsom is successfully fighting back and it is so refreshing to see that it’s not just progressives anymore who are pushing back hard against Traitorapist Trump.