Governor calls Trump ‘Taco’ online, short for ‘Trump always chickens out’, prompted by president’s flip-flop deadlines

California governor Gavin Newsom says the state will draw new electoral maps after Donald Trump “missed” a deadline on Tuesday night in an ongoing redistricting battle between Democratic and Republican states.

In a letter sent to Trump on Monday, Newsom said he would prefer to leave the matter of congressional map-making to independent commissions, not partisan legislative bodies and emphasized that he would “happily” stand down if other states abandoned their redistricting effort. But, Newsom said: “California cannot stand idly by as this power grab unfolds.”

Several states have waded into the redistricting wars, where Newsom and other Democratic state leaders had threatened to draw retaliatory maps if Texas were to move ahead with its redistricting scheme.

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[–] 159 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (11 children)

Gavin Newsom is on top of his troll game.

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  • [–] 35 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    I don’t like this era of troll politics.

    The trolls should have stayed online. And y’all were so fucking stupid to continuously discount online discourse like it wasn’t happening in the real world. Is it clear now? The internet is just a communication medium for the real world. It wasn’t just an alternate reality you could dismiss.

    This is not directed at the person whose post I’m replying to. Just people who were overly dismissive of online communication spaces and the reality of social media.

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  • [–] 30 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    I agree that the standard of behavior for politicians has fallen into the gutter, but I don't think there's much to gain by taking the high road.

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  • [–] 27 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    …dear god this capslock-era of political discourse is so fucking exhausting, for so many reasons

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  • [–] 14 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Unfortunately necessary to talk to the level so trump’s followers understand. It’s like speaking another language

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