Vowing to “meet fire with fire,” California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday announced that his state would hold a ballot initiative seeking to redraw its congressional districts as a countermeasure to the gerrymandering push by President Donald Trump and Republicans in Texas ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.
Newsom made the announcement in a speech laden with anti-Trump rhetoric as Border Patrol agents swarmed outside the Los Angeles auditorium.