The missive was part of Newsom's response to a Trump-backed redistricting plan in Texas that could give Republicans up to five more seats in Congress. Newsom announced he would pursue a special election to redraw California's own congressional maps — an effort to offset potential GOP gains.

Gavin Newsom detailed what President Donald Trump said to him during a June phone call about the immigration protests. California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) revealed what President Donald Trump actually said to him when he called about the mass immigration protests in Los Angeles in June.

That détente has now ended, with Newsom deciding that it was time to lace up his boxing gloves and take the fight to Trump.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday called on state lawmakers to approve a November ballot measure that would allow for a new congressional map, part of an effort to fight back against Republicans' mid-decade redistricting plans in Texas and elsewhere.

The latest POLITICO-Citrin Center-Possibility Lab survey found that strong majorities in both parties prefer an independent panel draw the House district lines.