{"id":1055745,"date":"2025-08-25T18:33:36","date_gmt":"2025-08-25T22:33:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1055745"},"modified":"2025-08-25T18:33:37","modified_gmt":"2025-08-25T22:33:37","slug":"dnc-on-donald-trump-threatening-legal-action-to-stop-california-voters-from-protecting-our-democracy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/dnc-on-donald-trump-threatening-legal-action-to-stop-california-voters-from-protecting-our-democracy\/","title":{"rendered":"DNC On Donald Trump Threatening Legal Action To Stop California Voters From Protecting Our Democracy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"449\" width=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Black-Logo-White-Fill-For-Email.png?w=1024\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1050776\" srcset=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Black-Logo-White-Fill-For-Email.png 1101w, https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Black-Logo-White-Fill-For-Email.png?resize=300,132 300w, https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Black-Logo-White-Fill-For-Email.png?resize=768,337 768w, https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Black-Logo-White-Fill-For-Email.png?resize=1024,449 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>California Democrats are standing up against Trump\u2019s attempts to rig the maps<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Today, Donald Trump pledged that his Administration would file a lawsuit against Proposition 50 to prevent California voters from protecting our democracy by choosing their own elected officials.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Proposition 50, the \u201cElection Rigging Response Act,\u201d will be on the ballot this November so that California voters can fight back against Donald Trump\u2019s attempts to rig the maps.<br><br><strong><em>In response to Donald Trump\u2019s threats, DNC Deputy Communications Director Abhi Rahman issued the following statement:<\/em><\/strong><br><br>\u201cDonald Trump knows that he is going to lose in the midterms. That\u2019s why he\u2019s pulling out all the stops to try to prevent Americans from choosing their own elected officials. First, he rigged the Texas maps. Now, as California responds in kind, he\u2019s trying to prevent California voters from having a choice. This is a pattern with Trump \u2014 he\u2019ll pull out all of the stops to try to cheat his way into power, and he\u2019s doing it again because he knows his toxic budget bill is an albatross around his party\u2019s neck. It won\u2019t work. The DNC stands ready to defend democracy in California and across the country. Voters decide their elected officials and which party controls the House, not Donald Trump.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>###<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>California Democrats are standing up against Trump\u2019s attempts to rig the maps Today, Donald Trump pledged that his Administration would file a lawsuit against Proposition 50 to prevent California voters from protecting our democracy by choosing their own elected officials.&nbsp; Proposition 50, the \u201cElection Rigging Response Act,\u201d will be on the ballot this November so [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":293,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1055745","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.0 - 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