California currently has 43 Democrats and nine Republicans in Congress. Proposed congressional maps aim for 48 Democrats and four Republicans, created in secret with no public input. In 2024 Donald Trump won 38% of the California vote, and four Republicans would represent only 8% of the state's congressional delegation. Critics label the maps gerrymandering and hypocrisy. Separately, Texas legislation is accused of rigging elections, undermining one person, one vote and echoing Jim Crow-era practices. Supporters of Proposition 50 seek to neutralize Texas's actions and protect citizens' ability to choose leaders.
California has 43 Democrats and nine Republicans in Congress. The new congressional maps Newsom is asking voters to approve (maps that were created in secret with no public input) have the goal of having 48 Democrats and 4 Republican members of Congress. In the 2024 election, Trump won 38% of the California vote. If Newsom has his way, the 4 Republicans would only make up 8% of the California congressional delegation. Is this what you call the spirit of democracy? I call it hypocrisy.
In a Democracy, the rule is that we the people choose our leaders. This is a founding principle enshrined in the Constitution. We have laws like the Voting Rights Act and the concept of one person, one vote that prevent rigging. What Texas is doing by rigging its elections is removing the people's ability to choose their leaders. In fact, they are sending the entire country back to the bad old days of rigging elections, as we saw in the Jim Crow South
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