"Under Proposition 50, Gov. Gavin Newsom's plan to gerrymander California's congressional maps to favor Democrats, no incumbent Democrat would take on more Republican voters than Rep. Robert Garcia of Long Beach. RELATED: First Bay Area D.A. joins 29 others across California opposing Prop. 50 Garcia's new district, rather than stretching north from his home town into liberal Los Angeles County, would instead shift southward to encompass a coastal slice of conservative Orange County notably, the conservative-leaning cities of Huntington Beach and Newport Beach."
"He also serves on the committee's viral DOGE subgroup, where he and a group of fellow young progressives use their speaking time to lob sardonic rhetorical questions that cast the proceedings and the chairwoman, Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia, as absurd and even laughable. Are Bert and Ernie part of an extreme homosexual agenda? Garcia asked Paula Kerger, president and CEO of the Public Broadcasting Service, during a hearing in March as his staffer held up a life-sized image of the beloved muppet duo."
Prop. 50 would redraw California congressional maps to favor Democrats and would assign Rep. Robert Garcia more Republican voters than any other incumbent Democrat. Garcia's new district would shift south to include parts of conservative Orange County, including Huntington Beach and Newport Beach. Garcia is a 47-year-old Peruvian immigrant and gay progressive who rose to party leadership through outspoken condemnations of President Donald Trump and Elon Musk. He serves as the top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee and on a viral DOGE subgroup that uses sardonic questions to lampoon proceedings and opponents. He would likely chair the committee if Democrats retake the House.
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