Former Governor of California. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) spoke out against Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) on Friday. hopefully will leave Independent redistricting efforts in the Golden State.
Democrats are currently pushing voters to approve Proposition 50, which would bypass a constitutional measure that gives authority to an independent body on redistricting to draw legislature-approved lines before next year’s midterm elections. The move follows GOP-led redistricting efforts in Texas.
“I think Prop 50 is a big scam, and I’m saying that because it says we should fight [President] Trump because he is a threat to democracy,” Schwarzenegger said during a Friday appearance on HBO.Real Time with Bill Maher,
“But in the meantime, they want to go to California and tear up the Constitution, get rid of the independent commission that draws district lines, and take power away from the people and give it back to the politicians,” he said.
Schwarzenegger was governor in 2010 when the state voted to enact Citizens Redistricting Commission In charge of drawing your congressional districts.
The independent body has been entrusted with the task of redrawing districts once every decade as per the census, taking into account population changes.
Earlier this year in Texas, state lawmakers broke tradition To approve Redistricting efforts outside the census period, adding another Republican seat to the House for the Lone Star State.
Schwarzenegger said that “politicians have done much better in California” because of independent redistricting and said that changing how the lines are drawn would “take power away” from the people. similar statement he made earlier this year,
He told Maher, “I’m a Republican, but I’m not a Republican hack. I’m not a political hack. I don’t serve the party.”
He said, “I always serve the people, the people first, we can’t do anything and take away the power that the people of California have and give it back to the politicians. We fought there for too long.”
Newsom has led efforts to support passage of Proposition 50, which has supported by democrats From Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY) to former President Obama.
“Californians have been uniquely targeted by the Trump administration, and thanks to the hard work of the California legislature, they will have the option to fight back — and bring much-needed accountability to Trump’s efforts to undermine the democratic process,” he said late in the day. August statement,
