Newsom Defends Cali Redistricting Plan: 'We Wouldn't Be Here Had Texas Not Done What They Just Did'

At a press briefing, Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) defended a new redistricting ballot initiative.

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00:00and of how we got here we got here because the president united states is struggling we got here

00:06because the president united states is one of the most unpopular presidents in u.s history we got

00:11here because he recognizes that he will lose the election congress will go back into the hands of

00:17the democratic party next november we got here because of his failed policies those are being

00:23exposed hour by hour reinforced today by walmart announcing they'll be raising prices because of

00:30the tax increases because of the tariffs reminded every day by slowing economy growing mistrust

00:37distrust all across this nation across the board he is failing he recognized that and that's why he

00:44made a phone call to greg abbott asking for five seats can't win by playing by traditional sets of

00:50rules he plays by no rules i remind you all the time it's not the rule of law it's the rule of dawn

00:57and we're standing up to that we're responding to that they fired the first shot texas we wouldn't

01:03be here at texas not done what they just did donald trump didn't do what he just did he went so far as to

01:11follow up and say that he didn't just want those five seats he said he's quote unquote entitled

01:18to those five seats just pause and reflect on that everything should have just stopped there

01:24president united states claiming he's entitled to five seats that should put chills up your spine

01:30every republican not just democrat and independent every american american