You bet the Democrats are mad, they lose counts in the House of Representatives, which is more than enough reason to support it being in the census.
the entire “California Mess” is all about 53 California Electoral Votes
Every 4 years the Dems have to up the quotient of illegals in California to continue to be able to commandeer those 53 votes for Blue Without 53 California EV’s they never win another national election ever
Every time the elections roll around, the probability of California natively going Red rises, as the locals get sicker and sicker of the mess. And Jerry Brown and the Dems just haul more illegals in to stuff the vote. This little stunt is proof