‘Independent’ California Redistricting Official Goes On Anti-Trump Rant At Gavin Newsom Event

Sara Sadhwani, a Democratic member of California’s Citizens Redistricting Commission, went on a tirade against President Donald Trump on Thursday while expressing support for her state’s push to take power away from her own commission.

Newsom and his state’s leading politicians launched a gerrymandering campaign intended to oust a half-dozen Republicans from the House of Representatives by taking redistricting powers away from the independent commission and handing it to the state Legislature. Despite being on this independent commission, Sadhwani joined Newsom’s rally to lament the president’s so-called “executive overreach” that is making the Founding Fathers “turn in their graves.”

“We have seen not just the toleration of political violence, but the encouragement of it on January 6 against non-partisan elected officials,” Sadhwani said. “And the deployment of the National Guard in our cities turning our cities into police states. And if that wasn’t enough, we are watching executive overreach that no doubt is making our Founding Fathers turn in their graves. And we have to take action, these are the hallmarks of a democracy in peril.”

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Newsom’s push is a retaliation against Texas’ redistricting push that intends to help Republicans keep control of the House after the 2026 midterm election. A special election is expected to take place on Nov. 4 for voters to decide whether redistricting authority should be given to the state Legislature over the independent commission.

The commission consists of five Republicans, five Democrats and four independents who redraw lines “in conformity with strict, nonpartisan rules” to create “fair representation” in California,