California Strikes Back at Texas’ Power Grab

加州反击德克萨斯州的权力攫取

The Daily

2025-08-22

28 分钟
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Texas is about to gerrymander five new house seats, and California is ready to retaliate. Gov. Gavin Newsom says that his state will also redraw its congressional maps to create five new districts, effectively fighting fire with fire. Laurel Rosenhall, who covers California’s government and politics, discusses whether the state’s voters will actually go for this plan, whether it’ll work if they do, and what is at stake either way. Guest: Laurel Rosenhall, a New York Times reporter covering California politics and government. Background reading:  Mr. Newsom and Democratic state lawmakers moved quickly to create new districts that could help their party flip five congressional seats.The Texas House approved a congressional map intended to help Republicans win five more U.S. House seats.For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily. Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday.  Photo: Mike Blake/Reuters Unlock full access to New York Times podcasts and explore everything from politics to pop culture. Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.
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  • Texas is about to gerrymander five new House seats.

  • In California, they're ready to retaliate.

  • Governor Gavin Newsom says that California must also redraw its congressional maps to create five new districts,

  • effectively fighting fire with fire.

  • Today, I talked to my colleague Laurel Rosenhall.

  • about whether California voters will actually go for this plan,

  • whether it'll even work if they do, and what is at stake either way.

  • It's Friday, August 22nd.