Unexpected Twist: Schwarzenegger Openly Moves to Stop Gavin Newsom, Will Star in Campaign to Stop Leftist Darling
former California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has strongly condemned Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom’s efforts to redraw California’s U.S. House district maps, labeling teh tactic of gerrymandering as “evil.” Schwarzenegger, a vocal opponent of manipulating electoral boundaries for political gain, vowed to block Newsom’s plans ahead of the midterm elections. Schwarzenegger previously championed measures in 2008 and 2010 that created and expanded an independent commission to draw electoral districts, aiming to remove political bias from the process. Even though criticized by some Republicans for his moderate stances as leaving office, Schwarzenegger continues to oppose gerrymandering, which Democrats have used to secure disproportionate political power in california. The article highlights the ongoing battle over redistricting and Schwarzenegger’s commitment to fair elections.
Former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger wants to terminate Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom’s “evil” ploy to redraw the state’s U.S. House maps — via gerrymandering — before the midterm elections.
Schwarzenegger said elections should not be stolen through the manipulation of voter district maps and vowed to block Newsom’s attempts to do so.
“He calls gerrymandering evil, and he means that,” the Hollywood superstar’s representative, Daniel Ketchell, told Politico on Monday.
“He thinks it’s truly evil for politicians to take power from people.”
In 2008, Schwarzenegger — the last Republican governor of California — spearheaded the passage of Proposition 11, a law that established an independent commission to draw electoral boundaries for the state legislature.
In 2010, Proposition 20 extended the independent commission’s authority to draw congressional districts, removing this power from politicians.
“After the successes of those two measures at the California ballot, Schwarzenegger campaigned for similar changes (with mixed results) in Michigan, Colorado, Virginia and Ohio,” Politico reported.
👏 THANK YOU @Schwarzenegger for promising to TERMINATE @GavinNewsom illegal scheme to gerrymander all of California to make our representatives blue forever!
THIS is real leadership and why you earned the title GOVERNATOR pic.twitter.com/1X8zTwiSNG
— Houman David Hemmati, MD, PhD (@houmanhemmati) August 6, 2025
Since leaving office in 2011, Schwarzenegger — a vocal critic of President Donald Trump — has been slammed by Republicans for his left-wing policy positions.
Many have mocked the former governor as a “RINO” (Republican in Name Only) for his support of climate hysteria, abortion, and the race-hustling Black Lives Matter grift.
However, Schwarzenegger firmly opposes gerrymandering, which Democrats have exploited for years to turn California — a reliably red state from the 1950s through the 1980s — into a left-wing cesspool.
“It’s too early right now for him to fully unleash the standard Arnold gerrymandering stump speech,” his rep said. “But it’ll come.”
Gerrymandering is the manipulation of electoral district boundaries to favor one political party or group.
It involves redrawing district lines to concentrate or dilute voters of a particular party or race to influence election results.
Republicans have long accused Democrats of manipulating elections via gerrymandering.
At the moment, Democrats claim Republicans are trying to gerrymander Texas.
REDISTRICTING FIGHT: It’s simply not true that “Texas started it.”
California started it. Democrats hijacked and corrupted the “independent” districting system, to gerrymander the maps and give themselves TWELVE more House seats than they would have with fair representation. pic.twitter.com/Dj5YAwoqdm
— steve hilton (@SteveHiltonx) August 4, 2025
Hopefully, Schwarzenegger will emerge victorious in his fight to block Gavin Newsom’s shameless efforts to gerrymander California.
Sadly, big cities in the Golden State have devolved into crime-infested, left-wing cesspools after decades of destructive, Democratic rule. Ending gerrymandering is a step in the right direction.
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