Lastly somebody is speaking with President Donald Trump in a language he can perceive.
On Tuesday evening, Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-Calif.) knowledgeable the president that California goes to go forward and redraw the state’s electoral maps after Trump missed a deadline amid the continuing redistricting battle. The Democratic governor additionally determined to ship his message within the funniest method attainable — by writing in the identical fashion that Trump writes his social media posts.
“DONALD ‘TACO’ TRUMP, AS MANY CALL HIM, ‘MISSED’ THE DEADLINE!!!” Newsom’s workplace wrote in a pinned submit on his X account. “CALIFORNIA WILL NOW DRAW NEW, MORE ‘BEAUTIFUL MAPS,’ THEY WILL BE HISTORIC AS THEY WILL END THE TRUMP PRESIDENCY (DEMS TAKE BACK THE HOUSE!).”
The message continued, “BIG PRESS CONFERENCE THIS WEEK WITH POWERFUL DEMS AND GAVIN NEWSOM — YOUR FAVORITE GOVERNOR — THAT WILL BE DEVASTATING FOR ‘MAGA.’ THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER! — GN.”
Not solely does the language itself mock Trump, however the resolution to open the announcement by calling Trump “TACO” — an acronym coined by Wall Avenue that stands for “Trump Always Chickens Out” and that Trump hates — was a good way of needling the president sufficient that he would possibly really learn the message. The snarky insinuation that Newsom is Trump’s “favorite governor” was a pleasant contact as nicely.
Though Newsom’s announcement is humorous, the GOP’s shady redistricting efforts are something however.
Final week, a number of Democratic members of the Texas Home fled the state to keep away from a vote on a redrawn congressional map that Trump needs, and Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) is more than pleased to shove Trump’s request down lawmakers’ throats. Political maps are sometimes redraw each 10 years, and Texas’ mid-decade redistricting effort has been seen by Democrats as a shameless gerrymandering scheme that will flip 5 seats at present held by Democrats from blue to crimson. The transfer will primarily assist safe Republicans’ management within the U.S. Home after the midterm elections in 2026.
Ever for the reason that Dems in Texas fled, there was an effort on the left to even the rating, with Newsom and New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) saying they’d be recreation to vary their state’s political maps if Texas does.
In a threatening letter to Trump on Monday, Newsom mentioned he’d “happily” stand down if Texas doesn’t undergo with this BS. Newsom adopted up his warning with one other submit on X that Trump can higher perceive.
“DONALD TRUMP, THE LOWEST POLLING PRESIDENT IN RECENT HISTORY,” the submit started. “THIS IS YOUR SECOND-TO-LAST WARNING!!! (THE NEXT ONE IS THE LAST ONE!). STAND DOWN NOW OR CALIFORNIA WILL COUNTER-STRIKE (LEGALLY!) TO DESTROY YOUR ILLEGAL CROOKED MAPS IN RED STATES. PRESS CONFERENCE COMING — HOSTED BY AMERICA’S FAVORITE GOVERNOR, GAVIN NEWSOM. FINAL WARNING NEXT. YOU WON’T LIKE IT!!! THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER.”
Newsom adopted that up with one other Trump-friendly message on Tuesday.
“FINAL WARNING DONALD TRUMP — MAYBE THE MOST IMPORTANT WARNING IN HISTORY!” the submit started. “STOP CHEATING OR CALIFORNIA WILL REDRAW THE MAPS. AND GUESS WHO WILL ANNOUNCE IT THIS WEEK?”
It continued,“GAVIN NEWSOM (MANY SAY THE MOST LOVED & HANDSOME GOVERNOR) AND A VERY POWERFUL TEAM. DON’T MAKE US DO IT!!! THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER.”
However on Tuesday, Texas went forward with a vote and handed their redrawn maps in a particular session, prompting most of Texas’ Democrats who remained within the state to storm out of the chamber in protest.
The Dallas Morning Information studies that regardless of the vote within the GOP’s favor, the brand new map is “unlikely to go anywhere” as a result of the Texas Dems which are nonetheless MIA deny the chamber a quorum. Lawmakers anticipate there shall be one other particular session on Friday, if Abbott can wrangle his state’s wayward Democrats to return.
On Friday, Abbot went so far as having the GOP-controlled Texas Home of Representatives challenge civil arrest warrants for the Democrats who fled, and enlisting Texas state troopers to assist hunt them down.
