Democrats have gathered in Los Angeles in a show of unity in support of the Election Rigging Response Act.
Speakers have included labor leaders, teacher union, the state’s planned parenthood head and a member of the California independent redistricting commission who said she believes mapmaking is best left out of the hands of politicians. But on Thursday, she said, “extraordinary times call for extraordinary measures”.
Jodi Hicks of Planned Parenthood assailed the nine House Republicans from California who supported legislation rolling back reproductive rights: “You take away our freedoms, we’ll take away your seats.”
David Huerta, the president of the Service Employees International Union California, whose arrest and detention during protests over the administration’s immigration raids in June, said his state fighting to save the country from “an authoritarian” in the White House.
“I trust California voters will save our democracy,” he said.
A man who was among 10 people falsely accused of rape by the same woman said her lies will affect him for the rest of his life. Stacey Sharples, 30, of Farnworth, was jailed for four-and-a-half ye...