California Governor Gavin Newsom (D) lashed out at Texas Republicans for passing a new Congressional map that gives the GOP five more US House seats.
Last week, the Texas House failed to achieve quorum for the sixth time since early August, stalling the GOP’s redistricting plan. Only 95 lawmakers showed up for the 10 a.m. session, once again falling short of the 100 needed to reach a quorum.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and Texas Governor Greg Abbott threatened the derelict Democrats with arrest and removal from office if they didn’t return to the Capitol.
After two weeks on the run, Texas Democrats finally returned to the Capitol this week.
On Wednesday, the Texas House of Representatives approved a redistricting plan that hands five additional U.S. House seats to Republicans, cementing the GOP’s dominance in the state delegation from 25 to a potential 30 out of 38 seats.
The Texas House of Representatives passed the congressional redistricting bill by an 88–52 partisan vote.
Newsom went off on Texas Republicans during an appearance on The Siren podcast on Wednesday and threatened to punch back with his own redistricting map.
“This is radical rigging of a midterm election,” Newsom told The Siren podcast on Wednesday. “Radical rigging of an election. Destroying, vandalizing this democracy, the rule of law. So, I’m sorry. I know some people’s sensibilities. I respect and appreciate that. But right now, with all due respect, we’re walking down a damn different path. We’re fighting fire with fire. And we’re gonna punch these sons of bitches in the mouth.”
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Gavin Newsom: “This is radical rigging of a midterm election. Destroying, vandalizing this democracy, the rule of law. Right now we’re fighting fire with fire. We’re gonna punch these sons of bitches in the mouth.” pic.twitter.com/4NERCPKfqA
— Marco Foster (@MarcoFoster_) August 20, 2025
On Thursday, Governor Newsom signed a redistricting plan to counter Texas after the state Assembly and Senate approved the plan.
The new California Congressional map will eliminate five GOP House seats
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