Schwarzenegger opposes Newsom’s push to do the redistribution committee

Former Governor of California Arnold Schwarzenegger Pump for a new fight.

The longtime star of Hollywood action, the last republican governor in California dominated by the Democrats, says that he is mobilizing to oppose the thrust of the current Governor Gavin Newsom to temporarily eliminate the non -partisan redistigation commission.

“I am preparing for the battle of the Gerrymandering,” wrote Schwarzenegger in an article on social networks on Friday, which included a photo of the former professional bodybuilding champion of the bodysuits lifting weights.

Schwarzenegger, who has become world famous as a star of the film “The Terminator” four decades, wore a t-shirt in the photo That said “finish Gerrymandering”.

Abbott, Texas Republicans are making new thrusts for the redistribution supported by Trump while the Funite Democrats to finish the ranging

Former California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger (left) and current governor Gavin Newsom are opposite in the push for the redistribution of the mid-defect congress. (Getty / AP)

Schwarzenegger’s social media message came while the Democratic leaders of the Californian legislative assembly dominated by the Democrats are advancing with new district cards of the proposed congress which would create up to five other seats in the United States in the most populous state in the country.

Newsom teams up in Los Angeles with Democrats from Congress and legislative leaders in the highly blue state to reveal their redistribution manual.

Redecuting battle: Newsom promises to fight ‘Fire with fire’

Newsom and the Democrats aim to counter the ongoing efforts by President Donald Trump and the Republicans to create up to five Congress districts adapted to the GOP in the Red State of Texas to the detriment of democratic seats.

“Today is Liberation Day in California,” said Newsom. “Donald Trump, you pushed the bear, and we’re going to hit.”

California Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom speaks during a Congress Rediscovery event on Thursday, August 14, 2025 in Los Angeles. (AP Newsroom)

Newsom promised to “meet Fire With Fire” with her push for a rare redistribution – but not unknown – in mid -December.

The republican thrust in Texas, which comes to the request of Trump, is part of a wider effort of the GOP across the country to fill its majority in the thin house like the razor to keep control of the halfway 2026 room, when the power party traditionally faces a political head and loses seats.

Newsom demands Trump to abandon the Rediscuss Pushes of Texas

Trump and his political team aim to prevent what happened during his first mandate in the White House, when the Democrats returned to seize the majority of the room in the middle of 2018.

While the republican push in Texas to upset the current cards of the congress does not face the constitutional constraints, the Newsom path in California is much more complicated.

The governor pushes to organize a special election this year to obtain the approval of the voters to cancel the constitutional amendments which created the non -partisan redistribution committee.

A two -thirds majority vote in the Californian legislature dominated by the Democrats next week would be necessary to hold the referendum. The leaders of the Democratic Party are convinced that they will have the votes to advance the constitutional amendment and the new cards proposed to the Congress through the Legislative Assembly.

“Here, we are open and simple before a vote is expressed during the mid-term elections of 2026, and here (Trump) tries once again to fuck the system,” said Newsom.

Newsom said his plan was “not complicated. We do this in reaction to a President of the United States who called a Governor in office in the State of Texas and said:” Find five seats “. We do it in reaction to this act.”

California Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom speaks during a Congress Rediscovery event on Thursday, August 14, 2025 in Los Angeles. (AP photo / Marcio Jose Sanchez)

The National Committee of the Republican Congress (NRCC) said that “the Newsom has clearly indicated: it will shive the constitution of California and trample democracy – direct a cynical and selfish game book where Californians are a reflection after the fact, and power is the only priority.”

But Newsom defended his actions, saying: “We work through a very transparent, temporary and public process. We put the cards on the ballot and put power to the people.”

The appearance of Thursday by Newsom, considered as a probable competitor for the appointment of the Democratic presidential election of 2028, also served as a start -up of fundraising to increase the massive quantities of the campaign necessary to sell the redistribution thrust throughout the state in California.

Schwarzenegger’s new main role: push the news reader from Newsom

The non -partisan redistribution commission, created over 15 years ago, remains popular among most Californians, according to the survey of public opinion.

This is why Newsom and the Democratic legislators of California promise not to completely remove the commission, but rather temporarily replacing it by the Legislative Assembly for the next three electoral cycles.

“We are going to assert our commitment to the independent redistribution of the State after the 2030 census, but we ask voters their consent to rediscover mid-term,” said Newsom.

Their efforts are opposed to a number of people supporting the non -partisan committee.

Among the most visible members, it is likely to be Schwarzenegger.

Former Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, during a award ceremony in Berlin, Germany, September 17, 2024, opposed the movements in his original state of California and Texas to implement the redistribution of the mid-Decennia congress. (Tristar Media / Wireimage)

“He calls the evil of Gerrymandering, and he means it. He thinks it is really bad for politicians to take the power of people,” Schwarzenegger spokesman told Politico earlier this month.

“He is opposed to what Texas does, and he is opposed to the idea that California will take place down to do the same thing.”

Schwarzenegger, during his governor mandate, played a main role in the adoption of constitutional amendments in California in 2008 and 2010 which took power to draw the legislative districts and the Congress of the States of politicians and placed it in the hands of an independent commission.

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“Most people do not really think of an independent commission, in one way or another. And it is both an opportunity and a challenge for Newsom,” Fox News Jack Pitney, American politics professor at California Claremont McKenna College, told Fox News.

“It will take a lot of effort and money to boost democrats and motivate them to present themselves to the polls,” said Pitney, adding that Newsom’s effort “is to motivate people who don’t like Trump”.

Lee Ross of Fox News contributed to this report