'A responsible approach': Obama backs California's response to Texas' new congressional lines
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The former president lent his support to Gavin Newsom's retaliatory redistricting plan shortly before Texas Republicans passed a bill redrawing congressional...
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Obama reportedly said the California redistricting plan, which is being proposed in response to a Texas redistricting that could add five GOP seats in the U.S. House, would only be used if Texas Republicans follow through with the new congressional map.
Former President Barack Obama has waded into states’ efforts at rare mid-decade redistricting efforts, saying he agrees with California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s response to alter his state’s congressional maps.
Former President Barack Obama said Tuesday that he supported a proposal by California Democrats to redraw congressional lines in response to a Republican-led push in Texas to gain additional US House seats but expressed unease with the broader effects of political gerrymandering.
The former president lent his support to Gavin Newsom's retaliatory redistricting plan shortly before Texas Republicans passed a bill redrawing congressional...
The former president lent his support to Gavin Newsom's retaliatory redistricting plan shortly before Texas Republicans passed a bill redrawing congressional lines.
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