The feds just blew up Newsom’s redistricting push.
The Department of Justice stormed into a lawsuit this week targeting Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom, accusing California of twisting its congressional map to pump out Democrat-friendly districts ahead of the next election.
In a stunning intervention, DOJ Civil Rights Division lawyers said California strategists weren’t subtle — charging in their complaint that race was “used as a proxy” to justify carving out districts tilted toward Democrats.
The move, they argued, was designed to counter Texas’ own redistricting fight, which produced a slate of Republican-leaning districts.
“In the press, California’s legislators and governor sold a plan to promote the interests of Democrats in the upcoming midterm elections,” the DOJ lawyers wrote. “But amongst themselves and on the debate floor, the focus was not partisanship, but race.”
They added the Constitution “does not tolerate this racial gerrymander” and cited several remarks from lawmakers and others involved in the process about how they prioritized creating a Latino-majority district to counter Texas’ perceived attempt to “silence the voices of Latino voters.”
From Fox News:
The federal government has authority to enforce the Voting Rights Act, which has a provision designed to make sure voters are not disenfranchised based on their race. But the law’s language has long been a point of controversy and is now under review by the Supreme Court in a separate redistricting case about Louisiana’s map.
California’s ballot measure, called Proposition 50, passed on Election Day, and clears the way for the state legislature to redraw districts that could flip five Republican seats. Newsom said in celebratory remarks after the measure’s passage that it was California’s answer to Trump “trying to rig the midterm elections before one single vote is even cast.”
This high-stakes map war just turned into a federal brawl. Attorney General Pam Bondi spoke about the clash on Thursday night’s Hannity.
“They’re trying to create seats based on RACE! They can’t do it! And we’re going to hold them accountable!” Bondi said.
Watch the clip above. More over at Fox News:
DOJ joins lawsuit against Newsom over ‘racial gerrymander’ of California map https://t.co/g8gn4cHH5V
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