Victor Davis Hanson: Gavin Newsom’s $250M Redistricting Power Grab

The Daily Signal

News, Government, Politics, Daily News

4.6 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 19 August 2025

⏱️ 10 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Meanwhile, California faces skyrocketing gas and electricity prices, mass population flight, and crumbling infrastructure. Victor Davis Hanson breaks down how Newsom’s redistricting strategy mirrors Texas in name only and targets Republican incumbents on today’s episode of “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words.” “What Gavin wants to do is he’s targeting Republican congresswomen and men. And he thinks that he can redraw the districts and put two Republican incumbents in the same district. And then, one will either drop out or they’ll have to run against each other and one will win, and they will be diminished by half. He doesn’t care about the 40% of his own state that won’t have any congressional representation. That’s not on his plan.” 👉Don’t miss out on Victor’s latest videos by subscribing to The Daily Signal today. You’ll be notified every time a new piece of content drops: https://www.youtube.com/dailysignal?sub_confirmation=1 👉If you can’t get enough of Victor Davis Hanson from The Daily Signal, subscribe to his official YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@victordavishanson7273 👉He’s also the host of “The Victor Davis Hanson Show,” available wherever you prefer to watch or listen. Links to the show and exclusive content are available on his website: https://victorhanson.com (0:00) California's Redistricting Effort (0:27) Comparison with Texas Redistricting (0:35) Critique of Newsom's Actions (3:08) California's Political Landscape (8:17) Newsom's Performance Art (8:31) Conclusion and Final Thoughts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Hi, this is Ava from Vanta.
0:02.0	In today's digital world, compliance regulations are changing constantly,
0:07.0	and earning customer trust has never mattered more.
0:10.0	Vanta helps companies get compliant fast and stay secure,
0:13.0	with the most advanced AI automation and continuous monitoring out there.
0:17.0	So whether you're a startup going for your first SOC two or ISO-27,001, or a growing
0:22.1	enterprise managing vendor risk, Banta makes it quick, easy, and scalable, and I'm not to say
0:27.2	that because I work here. Get started today at banta.com.
0:30.6	California has been in the news recently because it's going to have an unusual redistricting
0:35.4	effort. That means we're going to redraw the maps of our
0:39.1	52 congressional seats. And we're going to do that, according to our governor, because Texas has
0:45.9	been doing that, and Gavin Usum is running for president in 2008. So he wants to show that he is on the
0:53.0	cutting edge of Democratic opposition to Texas.
0:56.0	But there's a problem.
0:58.0	Texas doesn't have an independent commission, and Texas has a under-representation of Republicans in congressional seats.
1:06.0	What Gavin Newsom is doing is very strange.
1:08.0	He is undermining an independent commission. It's been dominated by the
1:13.0	left, but he doesn't even trust it.
1:25.6	Hello, this is Victor Davis Hanson for the Daily Signal. California has been in the news
1:30.9	recently because it's going to have an unusual redistricting effort. That means we're going to
1:37.2	redraw the maps of our 52 congressional seats. And we're going to do that, according to our governor, because Texas
1:47.2	has been doing that. And Gavin Newsom is running for president in 2008, so he wants to show that
	...

Transcript will be available on the free plan in 15 days. Upgrade to see the full transcript now.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from The Daily Signal, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of The Daily Signal and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.