Former Vice President Kamala Harris threw her support behind the effort to temporarily gerrymander California’s congressional map in order to send more Democrats to fight President Donald Trump’s agenda in Washington.
The ballot initiative, called Prop 50, was introduced by Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) to “fight fire with fire” — and it has been gaining endorsements among the Democratic establishment as Election Day nears.
Supporters argue that Republicans have not been playing fair by passing extremely gerrymandered state maps in places like Texas and North Carolina. A website explaining the proposal says those new maps amount to a “power grab” by Trump and his allies.
Prop 50 could flip five House seats blue in a very narrowly divided chamber.
“I voted yes for Prop 50 because Donald Trump and the Republicans are trying to rig the system,” Harris said in a video posted to social media Thursday.
