Newsom says GOP leader 'does not deserve to hold office' after proposing CA split in two over redistricting

Gov. Gavin Newsom fired back Wednesday at a top California Republican who proposed a "two-state solution" in response to the Democrats' mid-decennial redistricting effort."A person who seeks to split California does not deserve to hold office in the Golden State. This is a stunt that will go nowhere," Newsom told Nexstar Broadcasting and FOX-40 reporter Eytan Wallace later Wednesday.Newsom was referring to California Assembly Minority Leader James Gallagher, R-Yuba City, who announced a new bill to split California into two new states along a north-south line as a response to Newsom's redistri