Most recent census ‘brutally’ gerrymandered: DeSantis
Florida governor ron DeSantis accused former President Barack Obama and former Attorney General Eric Holder of aggressively gerrymandering the country in connection with the 2020 U.S. Census. Speaking on Fox News’s *Hannity*, DeSantis claimed the Obama governance influenced the census process to favor Democrats, including in Florida, where he vetoed the state legislature’s redistricting map and proposed a map he considered fairer. He also criticized California’s redistricting efforts, calling the state’s commission a “ruse” dominated by Democrats and liberals, and said Governor Gavin Newsom intends to gerrymander even more. Newsom has threatened to respond to Texas’s aggressive redistricting plans, which aim to reduce Democratic congressional seats, by similarly targeting Republicans in California, signaling a brewing national battle over redistricting.
DeSantis says Obama and Holder gerrymandered ‘brutally’ in most recent census
Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) accused former President Barack Obama and former Attorney General Eric Holder of “brutally” gerrymandering the country in the most recent U.S. census.
The topic of redistricting has been at the national forefront since Texas unveiled an aggressive plan to strip the Democrats of five congressional seats, threatening a nationwide gerrymandering arms race. In an appearance on Fox News’s Hannity, DeSantis blamed the state of affairs on the Obama administration, alleging wrongdoing in its alleged influence on the 2020 census.
“Well, Obama and Holder gerrymandered brutally across the country in this decade’s census. They actually even got into Florida, and I had to veto the legislature’s map, and I ended up proposing one which was a much fairer map and much better,” he said.
DeSantis then turned his ire toward the government of California.
“California is gerrymandered. They have a commission, but that’s a ruse. They have Democrats on the commission, liberal independents, and liberal Republicans. And so their map now is gerrymandered, and Gavin wants to do it even more,” he said.
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Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) has threatened to retaliate against Texas with an aggressive redistricting plan to rid the Golden State of many Republican seats if the plan goes through.
“We don’t move unless they move,” Newsom said of Texas. “This is triggered. They drew first blood. We’re responding to this action, and this is how we choose to respond.”
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