Gavin Newsom Is Going Viral For Shutting Down JD Vance With One Single Map

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In case you didn’t know, Texas Republicans are redrawing the state’s congressional districts in an attempt to gain five more seats to strengthen their narrow House majority in the 2026 midterm elections.

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A few weeks ago, Trump said he was encouraging them to do this. When asked if he wanted a complete redraw of the Texas map, Trump said, “No, just a simple redraw. We pick up five seats.”

A man in a suit is interviewed outdoors regarding a redraw of the Texas congressional map, stating they will pick up seats in several states

Well, that potential new map was released today and it looks like this:

Map of Texas with proposed congressional changes, highlighting district numbers and illustrating a plan to eliminate five Democrat seats

Needless to say, Dems aren’t happy about it, with some people calling on California and Gavin Newsom to do something: “Gavin Newsom if you can hear me save me Gavin Newsom. Save me Gavin Newsom.”

Map of Texas showing proposed congressional districts, with bold text labels and highlighted areas. Tweet mentions Gavin Newsom

JD Vance must have been seeing these tweets because he sent out this one accusing California of gerrymandering, “The gerrymander in California is outrageous. Of their 52 congressional districts, 9 of them are Republican. That means 17 percent of their delegation is Republican when Republicans regularly win 40 percent of the vote in that state. How can this possibly be allowed?”

Tweet by JD Vance criticizing California's political gerrymandering, noting only 9 of 52 districts are Republican despite 40% vote share

That’s when Gavin Newsom jumped in and responded with this: “Try again, dumb dumb.”

The map Newsom used appears to be from a 2024 map made by the World Population Review.

Map of the U.S. highlighting the most gerrymandered states in green for 2023

Out of those 11 states, World Population Review says 10 favor Republicans.

Table showing U.S. states ranked by gerrymandering, party favored: Republican for most, Democrat for Maryland. Wisconsin is listed separately

The 10 states that favor Republicans are Arkansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, Utah, West Virginia, and Wisconsin. The one that favors Democrats is Maryland.

Soooo, what happens next? The new Texas map will go to the Texas legislature for approval. Gavin Newsom has said he would try to redistrict in California, but that’s not allowed under California law. Redistricting in California is carried out by an independent commission.