California Democrats, under the direction of Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA), are charging forward with their plan to carve up the state’s congressional districts to give them an edge in the midterm elections. 

The proposed changes, unveiled Friday and currently being debated in the state legislature, have been pitched as a temporary pause on California’s independent redistricting commission’s work that’s necessary to counter a push by Texas Republicans to change their districts at the behest of President Donald Trump.