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Newsom says California will draw new electoral maps after Trump ‘missed’ deadline (www.theguardian.com)

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Governor calls Trump ‘Taco’ online, short for ‘Trump always chickens out’, prompted by president’s flip-flop deadlines

California governor Gavin Newsom says the state will draw new electoral maps after Donald Trump “missed” a deadline on Tuesday night in an ongoing redistricting battle between Democratic and Republican states.

In a letter sent to Trump on Monday, Newsom said he would prefer to leave the matter of congressional map-making to independent commissions, not partisan legislative bodies and emphasized that he would “happily” stand down if other states abandoned their redistricting effort. But, Newsom said: “California cannot stand idly by as this power grab unfolds.”

Several states have waded into the redistricting wars, where Newsom and other Democratic state leaders had threatened to draw retaliatory maps if Texas were to move ahead with its redistricting scheme.

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[-] Substance_P@lemmy.world 124 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Gavin Newsom is on top of his troll game.

[-] N0t_5ure@lemmy.world 90 points 9 months ago

He's got to be getting under Trump's skin. The worst thing you can do is ridicule a narcissist, as they hate being laughed at.

[-] paraphrand@lemmy.world 20 points 9 months ago

I don’t like this era of troll politics.

The trolls should have stayed online. And y’all were so fucking stupid to continuously discount online discourse like it wasn’t happening in the real world. Is it clear now? The internet is just a communication medium for the real world. It wasn’t just an alternate reality you could dismiss.

This is not directed at the person whose post I’m replying to. Just people who were overly dismissive of online communication spaces and the reality of social media.

[-] null_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 9 months ago

I agree that the standard of behavior for politicians has fallen into the gutter, but I don't think there's much to gain by taking the high road.

[-] melsaskca@lemmy.ca 1 points 9 months ago

Exactly. The Scots sang it best...'Ye take the high road and I'll take the low road and I'll be in Scotland before ye".

[-] jerkface@lemmy.ca -3 points 9 months ago

Right, what good is the respect of moderate, sane electors.

[-] turtlesareneat@discuss.online 3 points 9 months ago

What good is it when your party loses, or just has elections outright stolen, because they're so busy taking the high road and congratulating each other on it.

[-] ripcord@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

Considering where we are, apparently not nearly enough.

[-] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 12 points 9 months ago

…dear god this capslock-era of political discourse is so fucking exhausting, for so many reasons

[-] Smoogs@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

Unfortunately necessary to talk to the level so trump’s followers understand. It’s like speaking another language

[-] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 3 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

It would be even funnier if they had two different handles that communicated the same data: one in a normal fashion, AND ONE THAT SHOUTS AT YOU AND ASSUMES THE COMPREHENSION LEVEL OF A TODDLER THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER -GD

[-] tired_n_bored@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

Finally someone standing up to Taco man!

[-] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 73 points 9 months ago

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER

[-] Monument@lemmy.sdf.org 20 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Expecting Trump to declare cannabis to be a schedule I drug, cancel the plans to reschedule it, and begin federal raids on legal dispensaries within California to harm their economy.

Bonus points if he collects state purchasing records (nationwide) to selectively threaten/silence people based on their social media history.

[-] Smoogs@lemmy.world 10 points 9 months ago

I’m glad that newsom is paying attention. Someone has to.

[-] marsza@lemmy.cafe 4 points 9 months ago

I bet this will never happen

[-] JeeBaiChow@lemmy.world 33 points 9 months ago

That's how trump won

[-] Zombie@feddit.uk 2 points 9 months ago

So the Republicans have TACO and the Democrats have NACHO?

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