Barack Obama is the opposite of a unifier. All he does is divide.
And Obama made a bogus accusation about Republicans that will leave you red with rage.
In a blatant move to crush Republican voices in Congress, former President Barack Obama and California Governor Gavin Newsom are pushing hard for Proposition 50. This ballot measure aims to ditch the state’s independent redistricting system and hand control over to the Democrat-dominated legislature, wiping out several GOP-held districts in the process.
Newsom took to X on Tuesday, posting, “Listen to @barackobama,” and sharing a video where Obama rallies voters to back Prop 50 in the November 4 special election.
Obama doesn’t hold back in the clip, declaring: “California, the whole nation is counting on you. Democracy is on the ballot November 4. Republicans want to steal enough seats in Congress to rig the next election and wield unchecked power for two more years. With Prop 50, you can stop Republicans in their tracks. Prop 50 puts our elections back on a level playing field, which preserves Independent Redistricting over the long term, and lets the people decide. Return your ballot today. Vote yes on 50.”
This isn’t Obama’s first rodeo in boosting Newsom’s scheme. He’s been all in on replacing the voter-approved independent commission from 2008 with a map drawn by partisan insiders.
Breitbart News has exposed how this proposal would slash Republican seats in California’s delegation from nine down to just five. That’s despite nearly 40 percent of voters backing GOP candidates in 2024 – talk about ignoring the will of the people.
Obama tried to spin it as fair play back in August on X, writing:
“Over the long term, we shouldn’t have political gerrymandering in America, just a fair fight between Republicans and Democrats based on who’s got better ideas. But since Texas is taking direction from a partisan White House and gerrymandering in the middle of a decade to try and maintain the House despite their unpopular policies, I have tremendous respect for how Governor Newsom has approached this. He’s put forward a smart, measured approach in California, designed to address a very particular problem at a very particular moment in time.”
At a swanky fundraiser on Martha’s Vineyard, Obama doubled down, saying: “We’re only going to do it if and when Texas and/or other Republican states begin to pull these maneuvers. Otherwise, this doesn’t go into effect.”
It’s pure hypocrisy from the left – they scream about democracy while plotting to lock in their own advantages. California Republicans aren’t taking it lying down; they’ve filed a lawsuit calling the plan unconstitutional and a violation of the 30-day public notice rule.
But the California Supreme Court, stacked with liberal appointees, gave it the green light in August. They let Newsom use a shady “gut and amend” trick to ram it through the legislature.
Now, taxpayers are on the hook for a $250 million special election just to vote on this mess. It would approve the new map and tweak the state constitution to allow redistricting whenever politicians feel like it.
The Democratic National Committee is pouring resources into bilingual ads targeting Latino voters.
Meanwhile, rich like Tom Steyer are bankrolling massive ad blitzes to sell this scam.
Polls tell a different story, though. A UC Berkeley–Politico survey shows 64 percent of Californians want to keep the independent commission, with only 36 percent buying into Newsom’s changes.
This California chaos ties into the national fight, sparked by Texas’s bold “One Big Beautiful Map” that adds five Republican districts.
Obama and his old pal, former Attorney General Eric Holder, are leading the charge through their National Democratic Redistricting Committee. They’ve labeled GOP moves as “an existential threat to our democracy,” but it’s clear who’s really threatening fair elections here.
Real Americans see through this elite power play. Prop 50 isn’t about leveling the field – it’s about Democrats rigging the game to silence conservative voices and cling to control.
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