California Republicans, led by failed former Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy, are gearing up for a hell of a fight against the ballot measure – passed by Dems in the state legislature on Thursday to override the independent redistricting commission in response to the Texas gerrymandering ordered by convicted felon President Trump – but do not at all want the fat bastard’s “help,” CNN reports.

“All you need to do is make sure Donald Trump stays out of California for 10 weeks,” said Golden State Republican strategist Rob Stutzman. McCarthy’s head is in the same place as CNN writes he has “privately signaled to the White House that it would be helpful to minimize Trump’s involvement in the California political fight,” and that, naturally, “a spokesperson for McCarthy did not respond to CNN’s request for comment.” Asking the same question of former California GOP chair Jessica Millan Patterson, also leading the effort, CNN also got no answer. Pressed again, Patterson said simply “It’s pretty clear that Democrats have no other argument. We’re going to make sure that California voters are on to what Democrats have cooked up, and we’re going to continue to push that message out.”

A Los Angeles Times/UC Berkeley Institute of Governmental Studies survey finds that, among all voters the ballot measure is at 48 to 32 percent support, but among respondents who regularly vote in statewide elections overall support for redistricting jumps to 55 percent to 34 percent opposed. Which kind of raises the question of why the fuck McCarthy and the other assholes are even bothering. It’s not like Joe Rogan and Theo Von bros are going to be turning out for this one.