"They've triggered this response and we're not going to roll over and we're going to fight fire with fire, but we're going to do so not just punching with the weight of the fourth largest economy, the most populous state in our union, the size of 21 state populations combined.

"We also will punch above our weight in terms of the impact of what we're doing, and I think that should be absorbed by those in the Texas delegation. Whatever they are doing will be neutered here in the state of California, and they will pay that price."

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker and New York Gov. Kathy Hochul have likewise indicated they could be prepared to act in kind if Texas proceeds with its gerrymandering manoeuvre

Blue states shooting themselves in the foot by ending gerrymandering while leaving red states free to do so was a complete bonehead move.

Bad enough that flyover red states like Wyoming with 1.5% the population of California get as many Senators. Blue states didn't need to go out of their way to hand the House to the GOP as well.