GOP Furious Newsom Letting Voters Approve Gerrymander Instead of Skipping Them Like Texas

SACRAMENTO — California Republicans are fuming after Governor Gavin Newsom unveiled a plan to redraw the state’s congressional map in response to Texas’s attempt to do the same—only with the shocking twist of letting voters approve it.

“This is a dangerous path,” warned GOP Senate leader Brian Jones. “If you start asking the public before you gerrymander, you’re undermining centuries of proud, backroom tradition.”

Texas Republicans, still trying to push through a map that would net them five new House seats without public input, called Newsom’s move “sinister” and “too democratic to be trusted.”

Newsom brushed off the criticism. “They started this fight,” he said. “We’re just fighting back, only ours comes with ballots instead of locked doors and magic markers.”

Republicans insist the difference is clear: Texas’s plan is “pure governance,” while California’s plan is “a blatant power grab” simply because it involves a public vote.

Political analysts warn that if California’s so-called “consensual gerrymander” succeeds, other states may follow suit—threatening the very fabric of America’s sacred right to be screwed over without being asked first.