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Gavin Newsom: “We move forward by putting the maps not only through the…”

Featuring: Gavin Newsom, Democratic | Governor of California

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President Obama Joins Gavin Newsom Rally Against Redistricting

Published | Video Starts at 04:38

We're not fighting with one hand tied behind our back. And we move forward in a way that I don't think the president or members of Congress expected. And that is We move forward by putting the maps not only through the California legislature with two thirds of their support, but now in front of the voters in the most transparent and democratic way possible. It will be the first maps ever to be in front of the voters in the United States of America. It's temporary, it's transparent, and it's Democratic. This was not. (04:38–04:52)

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Asserts that California's maps were approved by the legislature and are now presented to voters transparently.

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