Newsom mocks Trump with MAJOR declaration in redistricting feud

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Former California state Senate Democrat leader Gloria Romero joins 'Fox & Friends First' to discuss Gov. Newsom's anti-Trump 'Liberation Day' event and why she thinks New York City would 'fail' under Zohran Mamdani's leadership. #trump #california #politics #foxnews #us

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00:00All right, moving over to the West Coast, California Governor Gavin Newsom says today is Liberation Day,

00:04vowing to redraw California's congressional map to fight back against President Trump and the GOP push to redistrict Texas.

00:13Newsom also stealing Trump's signature style, writing on X, quote,

00:18Donald Taco Trump, as many call him, missed the deadline.

00:22California will now draw new, more beautiful maps.

00:25They will be historic as they will end the Trump presidency.

00:28Dems take back the House.

00:31Gloria Romero is the former Democratic leader of the California State Senate, and she joins us now.

00:38Good morning. Thank you for joining us.

00:40Obviously, we have this tit for tat now, I guess, with Greg Abbott looking to add five seats.

00:46Now, Gavin Newsom said he'll do the same thing in California.

00:48Is it that simple in California?

00:50Is it simple as Gavin Newsom wants to redistrict so they'll do it?

00:53Well, it's one party rule, and this is what you get when you have a very elite, out of touch with the voters, legislators,

01:03but they control all the political levers in California.

01:06So this is allegedly about redistricting.

01:09We call it Gavin Mandarin, and it's about fixing and rigging the maps

01:15so that basically it helps Gavin Newsom launch his anti-Trump presidential campaign.

01:22That's really what this is about.

01:24But yes, it's that easy, sadly.

01:26There is an election involved in this in terms of putting the redistricting on a ballot in November.

01:32Is that right?

01:34Correct.

01:35You will have to go to the ballot.

01:37What's interesting is that right now, the California legislature is on vacation, summer recess.

01:42They come back on Monday, and then within five days, suddenly, they are supposed to produce maps.

01:49This is sort of the ultimate, like an immaculate conception of redistricting, where within five days, no public hearings, no visibility.

01:58They're suddenly going to produce maps.

02:01All of this is already being penciled in in backroom meetings controlled by Gavin Newsom and his cronies.

02:09You know, real quick, I know places like Orange County have had a tremendous shift over the last maybe 10 years.

02:14We have, like, Daryl Issa now is in a different district than he represented for a long time.

02:20Is there any areas that would be a big pushback that they might be surprised?

02:24Hey, we thought we turned this blue, but it actually is a GOP candidate that wins.

02:30Well, anything can happen, of course.

02:32Yeah.

02:32But it comes down to a political machine.

02:34It comes down to muscle and money.

02:36And Gavin Newsom, make no doubt about it, this is his vanity launch.

02:41He is running for president on the taxpayer dime, trying to jig up the maps, basically.

02:47So let's see what happens.

02:49Many of us will go out and oppose this, but it all comes down to the role of the media.

02:55How is this depicted?

02:56And basically, we've already seen with ballot harvesting, mail-in ballots, phony elections already,

03:02basically, the nation is seeing what happens under the so-called party of democracy when

03:10all the rules are thrown out and redrawn in order to basically boost the presidential aspirations

03:16of an egomaniac leading California.

03:20Yeah.

03:20Well, Texas is going for five Republican seats.

03:22It looks like California is going to be going for five Democrat seats to negate what Texas

03:27is doing.

03:27The map hasn't been released yet, so we will be watching to see what happens when it does.

03:32We also want to ask you about Zoran Mamdani in New York, a member of the party that you

03:37used to be a part of.

03:39Yesterday, he was in Staten Island, which is total Trump country, went plus 30 for Trump

03:45this past election.

03:46But he is on an anti-Trump tour, and he made these comments about immigration.

03:51Listen here.

03:51So on this tour across New York City, each and every borough, as we stand against the

04:00Trump administration's attacks on the very fabric of the place we call home, we also

04:05lay out what our vision will look like.

04:07It is not enough to fight against authoritarianism.

04:10What are you also fighting for?

04:14We are fighting to keep this city a sanctuary city.

04:18Okay, so that's what it sounded like.

04:21There were also protests and boos, because like I said, this is a Trump-friendly portion

04:25of New York City.

04:26But as somebody that does have real insight into the Democrat Party, how do you view Mamdani?

04:32Do you think that most Democrats, and I understand that the party is a big tent, so there's a lot

04:36of different perspectives.

04:37But overall, do you think that they view the rise of Mamdani with concern?

04:42Are they enthusiastic about what he might bring to the party?

04:45Right now, there is an ad out targeting 25 vulnerable Democrats that Republicans just released

04:50trying to tie those Democrats to him.

04:52So what are your thoughts on him overall?

04:55Well, I never met him.

04:58I was unaware of him when I switched my party.

05:00But basically, this is what we mainstream Democrats have seen, that the Democratic Party has become

05:07a party of the extreme left, of wokeism, of the Democratic Socialists of America, basically

05:14having taken over the Democratic Party.

05:17So I'm not surprised to see this happening in New York.

05:21Increasingly, this is occurring in California at the local levels.

05:24Even here in Los Angeles, there are already plans being made to implement rank check voting

05:30so that basically you can have these kind of very extreme candidates take over with only

05:36a handful of votes.

05:37But I think even more importantly, it shows the fracture of the Democratic Party.

05:42There is no leader within the Democratic Party.

05:44And when there's a void, these extreme voices are going to take over.

05:48And that's what we're seeing in New York.

05:50Once again, I don't see how the Democratic Party comes back.

05:53It will continue to descend into chaos and these types of reactions.

05:58Maybe Mamdani will win.

06:00But ultimately, I think the city will fail because of his leadership.

06:05Wow, yeah.

06:05When there's a void in leadership, the extreme voices take over.

06:08That's an interesting point to note there.

06:11Gloria, thank you so much for joining us.

06:12Former California Senate leader, Gloria Romano, we appreciate it.

06:16I'm Steve Ducey.

06:17I'm Brian Kilmeade.

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