Newsom wants to redraw the electoral maps to defeat Trump in Congress

California Governor Gavin Newsom announced that his state will move forward with the redesign of electoral districts that allocate seats for Congress with the goal of politically harming Republicans and suppressing the popular will.

In a message published Tuesday night, written in the characteristic style of President Donald Trump, Newsom wrote that thanks to this maneuver his party will recapture the House of Representatives, currently controlled by the Republican Party.

Newsom's threat arises in response to what is happening in Texas, a historically conservative state that has grown in population in recent years and for that reason seeks to redesign its electoral map, which could grant the Republican Party between three and five additional seats in Congress.

Newsom threatens Trump and Republican states.

According to a spokesperson, the California legislature plans to publish drafts of the new maps this Friday. Newsom has been clear in his intention to respond to the Republican move in Texas with the elimination of up to five Republican-controlled districts in California.

The governor also sent a letter with a threatening tone to Trump on Monday. In it, Newsom warns that "they are playing with fire, risking the destabilization of our democracy, knowing that California can neutralize any gain they hope to achieve" and gave the Executive a deadline until Tuesday night to respond.

The Democratic leader added that if Republican states do not abandon their plans, California will proceed with its own electoral redesign to the detriment of Republicans. He also offered a kind of truce: if conservative states like Texas abandon their efforts, California will do so as well.

California on track to suppress Republican voters' will once again.

What Newsom fails to mention is that California has already redrawn its electoral map several times, doing so to the detriment of conservative voters, who have repeatedly seen their districts continue to be altered and absorbed by larger urban centers that were Democratic strongholds.

Meanwhile, the legislative situation in Texas remains tense. The state's House of Representatives failed to reach a quorum again on Tuesday due to the Democrats' defiance who fled the state to prevent the consideration of the new electoral law.

Newsom, meanwhile, has also announced that California could call a special election in November related to this redistricting process. Other Democratic states are considering similar actions to counteract the gains Republicans could achieve through redistricting in their own territories.