Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., is the star of a new ad in help of a poll measure to redraw California’s congressional maps to additional increase Democrats.
Democrats are pursuing a mid-decade redistricting plan in California in response to Republicans’ efforts in Texas and different states to attract new strains which might be designed to assist them defend their slender Home majority in subsequent yr’s midterm elections.
“Donald Trump is redrawing election maps to power via a Congress that solely solutions to him, not the individuals. If he will get away with it, all bets are off, for our well being care, our paychecks and our freedoms,” Ocasio-Cortez says within the advert.
“Prop 50 ranges the enjoying discipline and offers energy again to the individuals,” she continues, referring to the initiative that may seem on California’s poll this fall.
Voters should instantly approve the brand new map drawn by California Democratic legislators to bypass the unbiased fee that usually controls the redistricting course of within the state. The map might lead to as many as 5 extra Home seats for Democrats, which might offset potential Republican beneficial properties underneath Texas’ new strains.
The advert marks the newest occasion of Ocasio-Cortez constructing her nationwide profile. She has additionally held rallies throughout the nation this yr with fellow progressive icon Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt.
