Schwarzenegger: Let’s Get Rid of District Lines

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SCHWARZENEGGER: "It's ridiculous. It used to be both of the parties worked together. This is what it's supposed to be. I think it goes back to George Washington, president Washington. He always said he is not a party man. If you have two parties, I think they have to get together and work together. This is why it's so important that we understand that redistricting. The way they draw the district lines in such a way the Republicans get locked into one direct and Democrats in another. They get further and further apart. So when they come to Washington, or any of the capitals, they can't work together. The other side becomes the enemy. We have to get rid of this problem. It's important that we respect each other, that we can have a fair debate and argument about the issues. It's okay to have different points of view and different ideologies and all of those things. To me, when I got into office it was how can I bring Democrats and Republicans together? The action is only whether you are together solve problems. Then look what happened, President Obama started signing executive orders because he couldn't get anything done through Congress. Now they're all gone. Now Trump is signing executive orders and not doing it through Congress. They will be gone the next president comes in. It's not a long-lasting legacy. You have to work with Congress. You have to be a leader. You have to bring both of the parties together. It's very difficult do that right now, as you know, because of the way they rigged the system and the way they draw the district lines. That's why in California we have taken the drawing of the district lines away from the politicians. I campaigned on that for many years. Eventually, we had the people approved. We put it on the ballot, an initiative. The people approved it finally after the third time, they approved it."