California Democrats exposed themselves as hypocrites by pushing Prop. 50 despite purporting to support independent redistricting, all because Newsom wants a promotion and sees gerrymandering as his best chance to get attention. The only existential threat to democracy in California is the Democrats who run the state.

The Justice Department joined a lawsuit against California Gov. Gavin Newsom, a Democrat, in an effort to block the use of new congressional maps that give Democrats an advantage in the 2026 midterms.

The new maps in California favour Democrats and cancel out gains made by Republicans after they redistricted in Texas.

California voters resoundingly approved Proposition 50, the ballot measure championed by Democrats to enact new congressional maps ahead of the 2026 midterms — a fight that became as much a referendum on President Donald Trump as a question of redistricting.

In a rebuke to Trump and Texas Republicans, voters in the Golden State overwhelming approved redrawing their congressional map to favor Democrats.

The Department of Justice sued Gov. Gavin Newsom over a California measure that gives illegal immigrants access to in-state tuition benefits.