Only in California. Democrat Gov. Gavin Newsom now has monitors to monitor the monitors after the Department of Justice announced it will be “overseeing” his orchestrated special election on November 4th to add 5 more Democratic seats to the U.S. House.
California Attorney General Rob Bonta is already crying foul, accusing President Donald Trump of sending monitors to the state to “sow seeds of doubt” about the integrity of the upcoming special election on Prop 50. The measure would let voters decide whether to temporarily scrap the state’s so-called independent redistricting commission — the same one Democrats have used to lock in their political dominance for years.
“They’re not going to be allowed to interfere in ways that the law prohibits,” Bonta, a Democrat, told reporters during a virtual news conference. “We cannot be naive. The Republican Party asked for the U.S. DOJ to come in.”
“He [Trump] is laying the groundwork. He is socializing an idea that is very dangerous,” Bonta added. “All indications, all arrows show that this is a tee-up for something more dangerous in the 2026 midterms — and maybe beyond.”
In response to the announcement about California’s new “monitors,” Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Harmeet Dhillon took to X and said what most sane people were already thinking — it had to be a joke.
“I thought this was a joke, so I didn’t comment…. But apparently irony is dead …,” Dhillon’s post read.
I thought this was a joke, so I didn’t comment…. But apparently irony is dead … https://t.co/ufq3qAKyhs
— AAGHarmeetDhillon (@AAGDhillon) October 27, 2025
As we reported on Friday, the DOJ announced it would send in election monitors to New Jersey and California at the request of each state’s Republican Party.
After the story broke, Newsom threw a fit, blasting the DOJ’s decision to send in monitors as an effort to “intimidate voters.” In his usual over-the-top fashion, he called it “a bridge too far” and even tried to spin it as a form of voter “suppression.”
Lol calm down bro. The @TheJusticeDept under Democrat administrations has sent in federal election observers for decades, and not once did we hear that this was voter intimidation from states such as California. Do you really want to go there? Isn’t transparency a good thing? https://t.co/SsyR8xRu9q
— AAGHarmeetDhillon (@AAGDhillon) October 25, 2025
Only in Democrat-speak could basic election oversight be twisted into some grand conspiracy. Newsom’s outrage isn’t about protecting voters — it’s about protecting his control over a system that’s been rigged in his favor for years.
