Gavin Newsom Says Obama Gave Him the Greenlight Last Year to Gerrymander California Even Further

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NEWSOM: “The only way I could have permission, honestly, the only way I could feel that I had real permission is I called you-know-who, Barack Obama. Said my wife, but that was actually — that’s very good. But I called Obama because I’m, like, okay, come on, you know, we go, hi, Michelle, and I’m like, oh, geez. And I was like, it’s like a coin toss. I’m like, oh, please, please, please, and I’m sitting there and I wish I could tell you exactly what he said. I didn’t even have — he knew why I was calling. And he just said, I mean, let’s just say, green light. And I was high-fiving my staff and I’m like, let’s go.”