{"id":12722,"date":"2025-10-19T13:29:24","date_gmt":"2025-10-19T13:29:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/12722\/"},"modified":"2025-10-19T13:29:24","modified_gmt":"2025-10-19T13:29:24","slug":"arnold-schwarzenegger-calls-gavin-newsoms-california-redistricting-plan-a-big-scam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/12722\/","title":{"rendered":"Arnold Schwarzenegger calls Gavin Newsom’s California redistricting plan ‘a big scam’"},"content":{"rendered":"

California\u2019s former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger <\/a>(R) on Friday railed against Gov. Gavin Newsom\u2019s (D) hope to forgo<\/a> independent redistricting efforts in the Golden State.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Democrats are currently pushing voters to approve Proposition 50, which would circumvent a constitutional measure granting an independent body authority over redistricting to instead create Legislature-approved lines ahead of next year\u2019s midterm elections. The move follows GOP-led redistricting efforts in Texas. <\/p>\n

\u201cI think that prop 50 is a big scam, and the reason why I\u2019m saying that is because it says that we should fight [President] Trump because he\u2019s a threat to democracy,\u201d Schwarzenegger said during a Friday appearance on HBO\u2019s \u201cReal Time with Bill Maher<\/a>.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cBut in the meantime, they want to go and tear up the Constitution in California, get rid of the independent commission that draws the district lines and take the power away from the people and give it back to the politicians,\u201d he added.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Schwarzenegger was governor in 2010 when the state voted to put the Citizens Redistricting Commission<\/a> in charge of outlining its congressional districts.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The independent body is tasked with redrawing the districts once every decade in accordance with the Census to account for population shifts.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Earlier this year in Texas, state lawmakers broke with the tradition to approve<\/a> redistricting efforts outside the Census period, adding another Republican seat in the House for the Lone Star State.<\/p>\n

Schwarzenegger said \u201cpoliticians in California have performed much better\u201d because of independent redistricting and said changing how lines are drawn will \u201ctake away the power\u201d from the people, echoing similar statements<\/a> he made earlier this year<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m a Republican, but I\u2019m not a Republican hack. I\u2019m not a political hack. I don\u2019t serve the party,\u201d he told Maher.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cI always serve the people, the people of first, we cannot undo something and rip away the power that the people in California have and give it back to the politicians. We fought there for too long,\u201d he added.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Newsom has led efforts supporting the passage of Proposition 50, which has also been endorsed<\/a> by Democrats<\/a> ranging from Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (N.Y.) to former President Obama. <\/p>\n

\u201cCalifornians have been uniquely targeted by the Trump Administration, and thanks to the hard work of the California legislature, they will have a choice to fight back \u2014 and bring much needed accountability to Trump\u2019s efforts to undermine the democratic process,\u201d he said in a late August statement<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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