US President Donald Trump speaks to the property aft signing an enforcement bid that aims to extremity cashless bail, successful the Oval Office of the White House successful Washington, DC connected August 25, 2025.
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President Donald Trump said Monday that the Department of Justice volition writer California implicit Gov. Gavin Newsom's efforts to gully a new, Democratic-leaning congressional map.
The redistricting propulsion successful California was ignited by a akin effort underway successful Texas to gerrymander cardinal House districts to much heavy favor Republicans.
"I deliberation I'm going to beryllium filing a suit beauteous soon, and I deliberation we're going to beryllium precise palmy successful it," Trump said of Newsom's redistricting propulsion during a lengthy property lawsuit successful the Oval Office.
"We're going to beryllium filing it done the Department of Justice. That's going to happen," helium said.
Newsom promptly responded connected societal media: "BRING IT."
Trump's announcement that the authorities intends to situation the California program came conscionable days aft helium praised Republican Texas legislators' efforts to codify a caller representation that would springiness the GOP an vantage successful 5 much U.S. House races successful the 2026 midterm elections.
That representation passed the Texas state Senate aboriginal Saturday morning, sending it to Republican Gov. Greg Abbott's table to beryllium signed into law.
"The unthinkable radical of Texas volition person the accidental to elite 5 much Republicans to Congress, acknowledgment to the transition of their overmuch much just caller Map — A BIG WIN for Republicans successful Texas, and crossed the Country!" Trump wrote Thursday, aft the representation had passed successful the authorities House.
Trump antecedently told CNBC that the GOP was "entitled to 5 much seats" successful Texas.
The Justice Department did not instantly respond to CNBC's petition for remark connected Trump's remarks.
House redistricting efforts typically instrumentality spot each 10 years, aft each caller U.S. Census reveals changes successful colonisation distribution. But the Texas redistricting program is taking spot successful the mediate of the decade, drafting aggravated disapproval from Democrats crossed the country.
Newsom, who is wide viewed arsenic a 2028 statesmanlike contender, has led the complaint for the Democratic Party by advocating for California to redraw its ain legislature map, to service arsenic a counterweight to Texas.
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Newsom past week signed 2 redistricting bills, mounting up a peculiar predetermination successful November connected whether to finalize the caller legislature map.
Trump's unit connected Texas to propulsion for a uncommon mid-decade redistricting underscores however important the president believes it is for Republicans to support power of some chambers of Congress.
But Trump already faces headwinds: His approval ratings are declining, according to galore polls, and the incumbent president's enactment tends to suffer seats successful the midterms.
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