Newsom says California will draw new electoral maps after Trump ā€˜missed’ deadline

Governor calls Trump ā€˜Taco’ online, short for ā€˜Trump always chickens out’, prompted by president’s flip-flop deadlines Guardian staff Tue 12 Aug 2025 21.26 EDT

California governor Gavin Newsom says the state will draw new electoral maps after Donald Trump ā€œmissedā€ a deadline on Tuesday night in an ongoing redistricting battle between Democratic and Republican states.

ā€œDONALD ā€˜TACO’ TRUMP, AS MANY CALL HIM, ā€˜MISSED’ THE DEADLINE!!!ā€, Newsom’s office wrote on social media. ā€œCALIFORNIA WILL NOW DRAW NEW, MORE ā€˜BEAUTIFUL MAPS,’ THEY WILL BE HISTORIC AS THEY WILL END THE TRUMP PRESIDENCY (DEMS TAKE BACK THE HOUSE!)ā€.

ā€œBIG PRESS CONFERENCE THIS WEEK WITH POWERFUL DEMS AND GAVIN NEWSOM — YOUR FAVORITE GOVERNOR — THAT WILL BE DEVASTATING FOR ā€˜MAGA.’ THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER! — GN,ā€ reads the post.

  • PumaStoleMyBluff@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    If Texas couldn’t swallow that blue registered voter lead, Abbott wouldn’t be a third term governor

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      9 months ago

      It was more so, texas can’t do what california can. There will still be blue areas just not 13 anymore. Dallas, Houston, Fort Worth, Austin, and San Antonio are to populated to break up unlike Cali red areas.

      Look at the Texas maps, the are jammed in.