In California redistricting, pro-MAGA town likely to get a gay, liberal congressman
HUNTINGTON BEACH, California, May 29 (Reuters) - Huntington Beach, the right-leaning California city that banned the Pride flag from City Hall and elected a city council of MAGA supporters, is heavily favored to get a new Democratic congressman who is gay, progressive and an outspoken critic of U.S. President Donald Trump.
It's a result of redrawing congressional districts. A flurry of redistricting was touched off when Trump pushed states, starting with Texas, to come up with voting maps favorable to his Republican Party. With control of the U.S. House of Representative s at stake in November's elections, heavily Democratic California countered the Texas redistricting, with voters approving a plan that targets five Republican seats.
"So, two wrongs make a right?" Huntington Beach City Councilman Pat Burns said from his council office, where a bust of Trump that he once placed on the dais at city council meetings now sits on his desk. "It's just California ugly-ass politics, and they are all about their agenda and not about the people. They don't care about the people of California one bit."
Huntington Beach counts itself among the cities and towns in roughly a dozen U.S. states caught up in the redistricting battle, with political parties reconfiguring voting maps to their advantage in what is known as gerrymandering .
As a result, voters can suddenly find themselves in a new district - with representation that they say fails to reflect their interests.
Nice area per my photos:
John McCain died:
Huntington's pier has a bit more traffic:
More Baywatch too:
The beach is not as blue as Balboa's even though it's not that far from each other but definitely more surfers:
Lots more kites:
Topic: Been to HB many times and it's definitely one of the most PRO-MAGA CA towns (Read 44 times)