Newsom accuses MAGA of rigging election after Virginia decision

California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) on Friday accused MAGA Republicans of rigging an election after Virginia’s Supreme Court ruled against state Democrats’ new congressional map.

Newsom noted on the social platform X that Republicans in Tennessee and Missouri, respectively, could each pick up an additional congressional seat through redistricting, along with two more in North Carolina, four more in Florida and five more in Texas.

“Virginia’s voter-approved maps thrown out,” he wrote. “MAGA has rigged the system.”

Newsom, a potential Democratic presidential contender in 2028, has pushed back on President Trump’s request to red states last year to redraw their congressional maps in order to maintain GOP control over Congress in November’s midterm elections.

The governor spearheaded a measure to increase the Democratic Party’s chances of picking up four or five congressional seats in California this fall. Voters in the state passed........

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