Top California Democrats support the redistribution plan

From Alexey KossefCalmness

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As the pressure on their return, half a dozen democratic MPs who escaped Texas to stop the redistribution scheme, led by Republicans, traveled to Sacramento on Friday to insist on California’s response.

The Texas delegation appeared at the estate of historic governor, along with governor Gavin Newm, former House speaker Nancy Pelosi and the best legislative leaders who have first approved Newsom’s Plan to adjust the California Congress Congress In the state to favor Democrats. They expect to make the offered card available next week.

“We are here because we know that courage is contagious,” said the State of Texas Anne Johnson, “and we are here to give hope to others to stand up and be brave at that moment.”

Almost all the democratic Coach of the Texas Legislative Body left the country earlier this week To refuse Republican quorum and prevent them from dealing with their proposal for redistribution. At the request of President Donald Trump, who seeks to protect the narrow GOP majority in the House of US Representatives, Texas Republicans are progressing a plan that can throw five places currently occupied by the Democrats.

It is not clear how long Democrats will be able to withstand, as GOP leaders require their return. The Chamber has issued civil detention orders for missing legislators who also face $ 500 fines for each day they are away while the FBI is The inclusion in their trackingS Prosecutor General of Texas Ken Paxon on Friday brought a case to expel 13 of them from the officeS

“We are running this match for one day. We are struggling to win today and tomorrow we appreciate,” said a State of Texas Gina Hinochosa, one of the lawmakers that Paxon strives to remove.

This is the second time of two weeks that Newsom has host democratic texas legislators In the governor’s estate, as he seeks to accumulate public enthusiasm for his redistribution plan. He wants to call special elections on November 4 and ask California voters to replace the Congress Congress lines withdrawn by the state’s independent committee with a new card created in favor of the Democrats.

Initial internal vote, Shared with state -owned MPs At private meetings on Sunday, he showed a weak majority of 52% of California voters in support – enough to win in November, but perhaps not enough to withstand a combat campaign for the fall, which will almost certainly attract national attention and resources.

“I think the voters will approve of it. I think the voters understand what is set,” Newsom said on Friday. “We live in the worst-trump state in America.”

The legislature will quickly take on the redistribution

Over time, in order to reach a legal deadline for August 22 for the November special elections, California can no longer wait for the Texas. Democratic leaders in California are still finalizing the linguistic and regional lines for their proposal, which is expected to take the legislature as soon as it returns from a summer recess on August 18.

NEWSOM said the California redistribution measure will also include trigger language, with the new map only if Texas or other states redirect the lines of the regional lines before the average deadlines in 2026.

Sources that have not been authorized to speak publicly have told CalMatters, the revised card generally aims to strengthen the Democrats to several swinging places while transferring five Republican regions of solid democratic, offsetting the potential profits in Texas.

This can write the end for reps. Doug Lamalfa of Chico, which is the northeast corner of California; Kevin Kili from Rockelin, whose scattered neighborhood is moving along the eastern border of the state; Darrell Isa of Escondido, which blocks the southern river and the eastern cities of San Diego; and David Vallado of Hanford and Ken Calvet of Crown, permanent democratic goals in the Central Valley and Riverside County, respectively.

Assembly chairman Robert Rivas rejected criticism from Republicans on Friday that the new card had been secretly attracted without contribution by voters.

“Once these cards are released, voters will be able to absorb these cards, review them weeks and months leading to these elections,” Rivas said. “If there is another country with a more transparent process where voters will receive the final word in these new cards, please let me know what it is.”

As California and Texas accelerate their efforts, other states are still weighing on whether to join a national arms race for the house control. After visiting this week from Vice President JD Vance, Indiana’s Republican Governor Mike Brown was Necomitic regarding the redistribution of the statewhere the Democrats occupy two out of nine congress places.

Rep. Zoe Lofgren of San Jose, who chaired the 43-member delegation of the Democratic House in California, said on Friday that each of them was supporting the redistribution plan.

This includes Pelosi, who accused Trump and Republicans of Congress that they were trying to put the next elections, as they could not defend their agenda and have no profitable ideas to present to the American people. She said California was right to fight to protect democracy.

“We are responsible to prove the Trump administration at the night of this administration, the darkness of all that our flag is still there, with freedom and justice for all,” she said.

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