Ocasio-Cortez backs California redistricting: 'Levels the playing field'
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) lauded California’s redistricting efforts in a Tuesday video and encouraged residents to support the push, which follows Texas’s successful redrawing of its congressional map.
“California, you know we don’t back down from a fight. And this November, the fight belongs to you. Donald Trump is redrawing election maps to force through a Congress that only answers to him, not the people,” Ocasio-Cortez said, referring to the “Election Rigging Response Act,” also known as Proposition 50.
“If he gets away with it, all bets are off for our healthcare, our paychecks, and our freedoms. With Prop 50, we can stop him,” she added in the clip posted to the social media platform X by California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D). “Prop 50 levels the playing field and gives power back to the people.”
Last month, President Trump threatened to sue the state over its proposed redistricting efforts.
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