Governor Newsom and other Democrats are pushing back against what they say is a bid by the US president to rig next year’s midterms

California unveiled plans to redraw its electoral districts on Thursday, as Democrats push back on what they say is Donald Trump’s effort to rig next year’s Congressional elections to safeguard his slim Republican majority.

Governor Gavin Newsom said he would ask voters to approve new maps that would effectively neutralise changes Texas is planning that are expected to give Republicans more seats in the House of Representatives.

“Today is Liberation Day in the State of California,” Newsom told supporters at the Democracy Centre in Los Angeles.

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