California Governor Gavin Newsom has scored a major political victory as voters approve Proposition 50 — a measure that shifts control of redrawing California's electoral map to the Democratic-led state legislature. The move is seen as a direct counter to Republican redistricting efforts in Texas, escalating the nationwide battle over political maps and election fairness. With five new Democratic-leaning districts expected to emerge, Proposition 50 could significantly reshape next year’s congressional landscape and strengthen the party’s position heading into the 2028 presidential race. Newsom, widely viewed as a top contender for the Democratic nomination, gains crucial momentum as he outmaneuvers strong opponents, including former Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger.
00:00Well, good evening, everybody, and let me underscore, it's been a good evening for everybody, not just the Democratic Party, but what a night for the Democratic Party, a party that is in its ascendancy, a party that's on its toes, no longer on its heels, from coast to coast, sea to shining sea.
00:22But it was not just a victory tonight for the Democratic Party, it was a victory for the United States of America, for the people of this country and the principles that our founding fathers lived and died for.
00:34And so we're proud, we're proud here in California to be part of this narrative this evening.
00:41We're proud of the work that the people of the state of California did tonight to send a powerful message to an historic president.
00:50Donald Trump is an historic president.
00:54He is the most historically unpopular president in modern history.
00:59In every critical category, Donald Trump is under water.
01:05He promised to make us healthier.
01:07He promised to make us wealthier.
01:09We're sicker and poorer.
01:11And he fundamentally understands that.
01:14Why else, why else would he call Greg Abbott saying he's entitled to five seats?
01:22Why else is he trying to rig the midterm elections before one single vote is even cast?
01:31He understands his position at this moment in the United States of America.
01:38One thing he never counted on, though, was the state of California.
01:44Instead of agonizing over the state of our nation, we organized in an unprecedented way, in a 90-day sprint.
01:54People from all over the United States of America contributed their voices and their support for this initiative.
02:01We stood tall and we stood firm in response to Donald Trump's recklessness.
02:09And tonight, after poking the bear, this bear roared with an unprecedented turnout in a special election with an extraordinary result.
02:21None of us, however, are naive.
02:24This is a pattern.
02:26This is a practice.
02:27Donald Trump's efforts to rig the midterm election continue to this day, and I'll reinforce that in just a moment.
02:37You're seeing him take action all across this country, not just in Texas.
02:42You saw what they were successful, able to do in Missouri, what they did in North Carolina, what they're trying to do in Indiana, and inevitably in Florida.
02:52They are not screwing around.
02:54In June of this year, we saw 4,000 National Guard federalized in the state of California.
03:02We saw 700 active-duty Marines, not sent overseas, but sent to the second-largest city in the United States of America to militarize our streets.
03:14We said in June this was a preview of things to come.
03:18What more evidence do you need than what happened in Washington, D.C., what's happening up in Portland, cities like Chicago?
03:26When we kicked off this campaign just 90 or so days ago in Little Tokyo, in Southern California, in L.A., at the Democracy Center, Donald Trump sent Greg Bovino.
03:40He sent his private police force that increasingly appears to have taken an oath of office to Donald Trump, not to the Constitution of the United States.
03:54He sent them to our kickoff rally to chill free expression, to chill free speech, to intimidate people from participating.
04:02Just today, in Los Angeles, Donald Trump called up the Border Patrol, sent them to Dodger Stadium, threw a fastball at free speech, right at the head, free expression, to suppress the vote in America's second-largest city.
04:24Just did that today, people in tactical gears, sent out to intimidate a community that is already on edge.
04:35But you see, as we speak, people are still in line, people waiting up three hours to cast their vote, to send a message to Donald Trump.
04:47No crowns, no thrones, no kings.
04:49That's what this victory represents, is a victory for the people of the state of California and the United States of America.
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