Washington, D.C. — Today, Eric H. Holder, Jr., the 82nd Attorney General of the United States and Chairman of the National Democratic Redistricting Committee (NDRC), released the following statement on California putting redistricting on the ballot for a special election in November that will allow California voters an opportunity to enact a new congressional map to counter Trump’s Texas gerrymander:

“California’s ballot measure stands in stark contrast to Texas’s egregious power grab by doing what Donald Trump and the Republican Party refuse to do: let the damn voters decide. Our democracy is under threat because Republicans fear the judgment of the voters. Trump and his enablers want to insulate themselves from accountability by drawing lines that aim to ignore the will of the people and predetermine their illegitimate victory.

“We cannot allow the American people to be cheated out of their rightful voice in our government. That’s why I support responsive, responsible and temporary measures to ensure the foundations of our democracy are not permanently eroded. What California is doing to meet and balance Texas’s outrageous power grab achieves that purpose, and it has my absolute and total support.”

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