House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) is vowing to fight California’s efforts to redraw their congressional.
California Democrats is proposing a new map to give the party more congressional seats in response to Texas Republicans rare mid-decade redistricting move to give Republicans five seats as Donald Trump requested.
But, in a statement on Monday Johnson overlooked Texas and accused Democrats in California of engaging in 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 on X. “Newsom obviously wants to launch a presidential campaign on the backs of disenfranchised California voters, but it will not work.”
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) announced a special election on Nov. 4 to let voters decide on whether to suspend the state’s independent redistricting commission to pass the proposed new congressional maps.
Johnson called the move “a slap in the face to Californians who overwhelmingly support the California Citizens Redistricting Commission.”
“I have instructed the NRCC to use every measure and resource possible to fight the California Democrats’ illegal power grab,” he added. “I will continue to lead efforts to defend our House Republican incumbents and grow our majority so that we can continue to deliver on our commonsense, America First agenda.”
