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Gavin Newsom: “The maps are in the ballot. They're there in front of the…”

Featuring: Gavin Newsom, Democratic | Governor of California

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Gavin Newsom says Trump 'rigging the game' with redistricting push: Full interview

Published | Video Starts at 12:25

But in response to what happened in Texas, temporarily changing the maps for three cycles for the congressional races, it reverts then back to its original form, number one. Number two, the people are deciding. The maps are in the ballot. They're there in front of the voters in a way that have never been done in California or American history. So it's temporary, it's transparent. We maintain the commission and we're responding to the crisis, not of our making, but the crisis that Donald Trump advanced Greg Abbott and other Republicans that don't believe in fair and free elections. (12:25–12:34)

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Asserts that the redistricting maps are being voted on in an unprecedented manner.

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