Gavin Newsom: “Prop 50 was fighting fire with fire. Respectfully, we need…”

“… his work that he did around independent redistricting, which we all promote and believe in, by the way, the voters of California do as well, because I'll remind you, in Prop 50 was fighting fire with fire. Respectfully, we need to fight fire with fire. It was about substance, not style, because we actually successfully shifted five seats, we believe into the blue column. But it also affirmed from a national prism the people of the state of California calling for a national independent redistricting commission, which we must do to get away from the politics of gerrymandering.” (12:12–12:28)

This is an excerpt from a raw transcript. The assertions have not been audited or verified. Tap the video to view the source footage and understand the context.