California GOP nears giving up resistance to Newsom's anti-MAGA vote

California Republicans appear to be on the brink of giving up their efforts to resist Gov. Gavin Newsom's anti-Trump vote to redraw his state's map in retaliation for MAGA-endorsed mid-decade gerrymanders elsewhere in the country, Ally Mutnick wrote for Punchbowl News on Wednesday.

Proposition 50, authorized by the legislature in response to Texas Republicans forcing through a redistricting plan that makes five Democratic-held congressional seats more favorable to Republicans, would, if approved by voters next month...