White House slams Newsom's decision to stall special election

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00:00The White House is slamming California Governor Gavin Newsom for playing politics with the

00:05calendar, namely the scheduling of a special election to replace the late Republican Congressman

00:11Doug LaMaffa. Under California law, Newsom has until August 4th of this year to schedule the

00:17election, and he has chosen the date of August 4th of this year. Really taking it to the last

00:23possible moment there. This leaves Republicans with a super slim 218 to 213 majority in the House

00:30of Representatives until then. The Trump administration is calling the move, quote,

00:35really shameful for using the death of a congressman to, in their view, throw a wrench

00:40into the president's legislative agenda. With LaMaffa's death and the resignation of Congresswoman

00:44Marjorie Taylor Greene, Republican-led bills will fail if just three members of the party defect.

00:50Now, this whole gambling with the calendar tactic, while shameless, isn't new and is actually a

00:55time-honored bipartisan tradition. The Republican governor of Texas, Greg Abbott, waited nearly

01:01eight months to hold an election to replace late Democratic Congressman Sylvester Turner

01:05after his passing last March. That election was eventually held this past November and resulted

01:11in a runoff scheduled for January 31st, so it's still not resolved. Now, an expected Democratic

01:17victory in that election will shrink that Republican margin in the House, the one that I just mentioned,

01:22even further.