Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday accused the Trump administration of “rigging the election” by dispatching federal poll monitors to five California counties, as voters cast ballots on Newsom’s Proposition 50 redistricting measure.

The Department of Justice announced Friday that it would deploy personnel to polling sites in Fresno, Kern, Los Angeles, Orange and Riverside counties to “ensure transparency, ballot security, and compliance with federal law,” ahead of the state’s Nov. 4 special election.

In an interview with KQED’s Political Breakdown, Newsom said the move was a “setup” for the Trump administration to cast doubt on the potential victory of Proposition 50 — a plan to redraw the state’s congressional district lines to advantage Democrats.

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    My guy, the Republican Party is MAGA. There’s nothing to go back to. It has been irreversibly transformed.

    I’ll set aside other comments I want to make. But it’s important to realize that point.

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      No, the arent. And if you think that, really think that, youre a culture war moron thats had your brain rotted by the reddit echo chamber.

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        You’re a Republican aren’t you? You voted for this, didn’t you? Scratch a both sideser, find a MAGAt.

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          Im not even American. Im a Scottish socialist, with eyeballs that work properly. Step out of your echo chamber, touch some grass, its fun.

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              Well, I suppose thats a little better than being called a MAGAT with a chatgpt account… Still though, isnt it funny how you are all doing exactly what I said? You dont trust anything that doesnt fit youre narrative, and in fact openly attack it no matter how true it appears to be. Im just a bot or a troll or whatever else you can lay at my feet instead of actually looking out he window and seeing whats right in front of your face.

              This is why America is where it is. You put your faith in the Dems who use you for their own ends, and they put their faith in the Republicans who use them for their own ends. Its insane. You all say the same things about old boomers, but then body swerve the logic when its “your guy”.

              Youre all stuck in this nightmare, until you wake up and see whats right in front of youre face. Its not immigrants, its not trans people, its the woke, its not the MAGA, its the rich politicians and their donors. Thats who is doing all this to you.

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                Making a lot of stupid assumptions in that comment. Pull your head out of your enlightened centrist ass. Your attitude is directly responsible for the rise of white supremacy worldwide.

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                  No, that would be you doing what you just did. Theres no assumptions, its facts. You just dont like it because youre terrified of being wrong. Youre just like the MAGA morons. Stuck in a cult, and unable to see whats right in front of you.

                  You dont deserve AOC, shes too good for the likes you, who back boomers like Pelosi using corruption to keep the younger generations out of power.

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          In name only. This place has been flooded with reddit pricks who got banned for being too fucking stupid not to wish death on people in a open forum, just because they happen to disagree on an issue.