Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson scrambles to attack Democrats over California redistricting push. He claims that it is an illegal power grab, which backfires on his own party by spotlighting Donald Trump and Texas Republicans’ redistricting plans.
John Iadarola and Abelina Sabrina break it down on The Damage Report.
“House Speaker Mike Johnson says he plans to derail California’s proposed congressional map after Governor Gavin Newsom unveiled a proposal to redraw the state’s electoral boundaries.
Newsom and California Democrats proposed new congressional lines on Friday in an attempt to eliminate potential gains in Texas, where Republicans backed by Donald Trump launched a nationwide redistricting battle with nakedly partisan ambitions ahead of midterm elections in 2026.
Johnson accused Democrats of an “illegal power grab.”
“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-left policies that are destroying California,” Johnson wrote Monday.
“Newsom obviously wants to launch a presidential campaign on the backs of disenfranchised California voters, but it will not work.””
Read more here: Speaker Johnson vows to stop California’s redistricting push — but ignores Texas doing the same
