Gavin Newsom: “They did not expect us to go out and raise $118 million over…”

“And what he expected is California would sit back, maybe work to write an op ed, hoping that the New York Times would run it to say what a terrible thing this is. They did not expect us to go out and raise $118 million over a 90 day period and put our independent redistricting commission on a new status for three year, temporary and transparent new maps. in order to counter what happened in Texas. That is critical. What's Also critical is 2026. You will not have, and I don't, you know, you.” (11:50–12:08)

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