Barack Obama is back in the political trenches—this time, to stop Donald Trump from adding Republican-leaning seats to bolster GOP favor in the House.
The former president quietly intervened this summer to help Democrats counter Trump’s mid-decade push to redraw congressional maps in Texas, a move expected to deliver Republicans five new House seats.
According to The Washington Post, Obama ultimately endorsed a plan to offset the GOP effort by creating five new Democratic-leaning districts in California—a proposal that had been circulating in Gov. Gavin Newsom’s orbit for weeks.
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