And Newsome did that is response to what again? Oh right, as a threat of 'if you do it we will do it to' to try and contain unchecked Republican gerrymandering. Kind of a important detail to leave out.
> Two wrongs don't make a right.
It is ok to respond to gerrymandering by gerrymandering. It is not kindergarten. The court said it is legal, GOP will continue to do it. If the other side does not engage, they will honorably loose all ability to influence politics.
The CA proposition was put to a vote. Literally direct democracy. The TX legislature had a special session to put this in without voter input.
The CA proposition is time bounded, the TX one is not.
The CA proposition was in reaction to the TX one. If TX did not mid-cycle redistrict I am confident CA wouldn't.
Can you still really claim the two were equivalent?
I can't include every detail in such a format, but its worth noting that I did clearly call out the Republicans doing it first. Its not like I was saying "democrat gerrymander" out of context there.