George Soros Reportedly Shells Out $10 Million For Gavin Newsom’s Gerrymandering Gambit

Billionaire megadonor George Soros has reportedly shelled out $10 million to bolster Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s redistricting push.

Newsom has notched a fundraising haul of about $70 million in under two months for Proposition 50, the November ballot measure to redraw the Golden State’s House map to flip up to five seats from Republican to Democratic, The New York Times first reported on Friday. The $10 million donation from Soros marks the single largest for Proposition 50 to date, according to the NYT.

A spokesman for Soros said in a statement provided to the NYT that “this ballot measure temporarily changes the way lines are drawn in California, giving voters the opportunity to level the national playing field.”

Soros — alongside his network of political spending outfits — has dished out hundreds of millions in support of Democratic causes in recent years. President Donald Trump has been a vocal critic of Soros