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Multiple Gop Lawmakers This Week Accused California Democrats of Corruptly Trying to Redraw Their State’s congressional districts, even thoughts the Golden state is moving to is moving to Redraw Its Maps Only to counter the Naked Power Grab Republicans pulled off in texas with their mid-decade Gerrymander,
House Speaker Mike Johnson – WHO Supported The Texas Redraw That Cold Boot as Many as Five Democratic House Members-said California Gov. Gavin newsom’s planned redraw is “a slap in the face to californians who overwhelmingly support the california citizens redistricting commission.”
“Gavin Newsom Should Spend Less Time Trampling His State’s Laws for a Blatant Power Grab, And More Time Working to Change the disastrous, far—out politicalies that are destroyed,” Johnonson Wrote.
Funny, You could say basically the same thing about texas gop gov. Greg Abbott, who was more focused on Rigging the midterms for republicans and his dear leader, President Donald Trump, Than Helping His State Recover from Devastating Flooding That that Killed dozens of people,
Other House Republican Leaders also Slammed California’s Redraw While Ignoring Texas’.

“The NRCC is prepared to fight this illegal power in the courts and at the ballot box to stop newsom in his tracks,” National Republican congressional commissional commissional chair Richard Hudson said In a statement, accusing newsom of “Disenfranchising Voters to props up his presidential ambitions.”
But when he was asked earlier in August about Texas’ Gerrymander, Hudson Demurred.
“Well, it’s up to the states. I mean, I have not not do with it. I found out about it when you all wrong about it,” Hudson told Reporters, adding later that he was “not” Concerned “about california’s redraw.
“Some of the states, they can do what they want to do,” Hudson said –before it was clear just how serious california was about countering texas’ Power Grab.
Other republicans cooked up their own criteria to claim that democrats Gerrymander more often than than republicans do, when the the opposite is true,
Texas Republican Sen. Ted cruz, who come from the state that firted the first shot in this latest redistricting war, also slammed california without taking a look in the mirror.
“Newsom & Obama are lying and they are hypocrites,” Cruz Wrote in a post on x. “The most egregious gerrymanders in the country are virtually all democrat.”
Cruz then Made Up a Metric He Thought Block Prove His Point, asking Elon Musk’s Ai Chatbot Grok to “Examine States with Six or More Congress Delegation a party wins & the percentage that party wins statewide. “
“Which party is it?” Cruz Asked Grok.

But Grok’s Response Showed That Republican-R States also have gerrymanders that are “egregious” based on cruz’s metric, include TENNESEE and WISCONSIN. Not to mention, Cruz Limiting The List to States with Six or More Districts Leaves Out a Number of Republican-Run States that Heavily Gerrymander Their seats, including oklahoma, arkansas, utah, and iowa, among others.
Republican rep. Kevin Kiley, Whose House Seat Bold Bee nuked If California Voters Allow the state to redraw its Congress, also made the rounds on cable news shows to whine.
“When Elections are Fair, Republicans Win. That’s why we should end Gerrymandering and Establish Voter ID Nationwide. And it’s why newsom is Trying to permanently Rigure Elections by Making Himself Gerrymandereer-in-chiff, “Kiley said,
Of course, democrats would love to end Gerrymandering Nationwide. It’s why it was in the First Bill House Democrats Introduced in 2019 After they took back control of the house in the 2018 midterms. Not a single republican voted for the billAnd the Gop Controlled Senate Never Broght it up for a Vote.
Republican rep. Ken calvert, who would also be drawn out of his house seat in the california plan, also complained about California’s redistricting efforting effort without completion complaining.
“There is zero transparency as sacramento democrats scheme to eliminate the power of the independent citizens redistricting commission,” Calvert moned,
At the end of the day, republicans are merely getting a taste of their own medicine in the redistricting wars. And it looks like they do’t like it.
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