Ah, California — where the weather is perfect, the taxes are sky-high, and the political theater somehow manages to outperform the actual Hollywood. Enter Arnold Schwarzenegger, the Terminator himself, stepping back into the spotlight to call out Gavin Newsom’s latest act in the never-ending play of progressive power grabs. And this time, it’s about “temporary” redistricting — you know, the kind of “temporary” that lingers longer than a DMV line in downtown L.A.
Let’s be real. When a politician says something is “temporary,” grab your wallet and hold on tight. Because, as Arnold pointed out — with that classic Austrian bluntness — nothing screams “forever” quite like a government program labeled as short-term. It’s like calling a Kardashian marriage permanent -you know it’s not, but everyone plays along for the cameras. Schwarzenegger was crystal clear with Jake Tapper: these “temporary” redistricting changes are about as believable as a Newsom promise to cut regulations.
And the redistricting? Oh, it just happens to magically add up to five new Democrat-held seats in Congress. What a coincidence! Nothing to see here, folks. Just good old-fashioned “temporary” cheating in the name of “democracy.” It’s no surprise Barack Obama is throwing his support behind Prop 50 — it’s the kind of cleverly disguised partisan move dressed up in the language of “fairness” and “equity.” The problem? The only fairness here is that Democrats want to make sure elections are fair… for themselves.
Arnold didn’t mince words, calling it exactly what it is: cheating. Not even the kind of subtle, backroom deal type of cheating — this is front-page, open-mic, no-shame gerrymandering. And the excuse? Well, Republicans are doing it in Texas and Florida, so obviously, California has to “protect democracy” by doing the exact same thing. How noble.
But let’s dig a little deeper. Schwarzenegger, once the GOP’s moderate star in the bluest state in the union, is now sounding more conservative than some of the folks sitting in the House. He’s saying the quiet part out loud: Democrats aren’t interested in competing on ideas. They want to redraw the playing field so they never have to compete at all. Forget debate. Forget policy. Just rig the lines, call it “equity,” and watch the wins roll in.
Newsom, ever the slick operator, brushed off criticism with a smug little “Spare me the moral high ground” quip. Which is hilarious, considering his whole brand is standing on the moral high ground while shoving California deeper into regulatory hell. He governs with one hand, waving a latte and the other signing executive orders that chase out businesses faster than you can say “U-Haul shortage.”
Arnold’s call to “outperform Trump” is probably the most honest and useful piece of advice Democrats won’t take. Instead of competing on ideas, they just rearrange the map like it’s a game of Risk. And let’s be honest — for all the left’s performative pearl-clutching about threats to democracy, they’re perfectly fine with shredding California’s constitution as long as it gets them a few more seats on the Hill.
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“They say it’s temporary. There is NO SUCH THING! They will find an excuse [to keep gerrymandering]. It’s not temporary. That’s FANTASY!” pic.twitter.com/Ouh4wiDhtY
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) October 26, 2025
And Schwarzenegger isn’t even saying don’t fight. He’s acknowledging the obvious: this is politics, and politics is messy. But don’t insult the intelligence of the American people by pretending this is about fairness. It’s about control. It’s about locking in power while cloaking it in progressive language. It’s the same old political shell game, just with more Instagram filters.
So yes, when Arnold straps on a “terminate gerrymandering” shirt and hits the gym, he’s doing more than flexing biceps. He’s flexing some rare political backbone — the kind California could use a lot more of. Because as long as Democrats keep calling every power grab “temporary,” Californians will keep waking up to find that nothing changes… except for the growing list of reasons to leave the state.
