Democratic governors and AGs prepare for battle with Trump administration
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Democratic governors and attorneys general are beginning to build a Resistance 2.0, talking tough and promising new laws and legal battles as they seek to insulate their states from the conservative policies they expect President-elect Donald Trump to implement.
Democratic governors and attorneys general are beginning to build a Resistance 2.0, talking tough and promising new laws and legal battles as they seek to insulate their states from the conservative policies they expect President-elect Donald Trump to implement. And already, Trump is firing back — an early preview of the consequential court, regulatory and political fights that now loom in 2025 and beyond. California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday called state lawmakers into a special session later this year in a bid to protect the state’s progressive policies on issues like abortion rights and climate change from the incoming administration and Republicans who won US Senate control and could also hold the majority in the US House. “The freedoms we hold dear in California are under attack — and we won’t sit idle,” Newsom said in a statement. In a Truth Social post Friday, Trump said Newsom — who he called “Newscum” — is “trying to kill our nation’s beautiful California.” He said homelessness and grocery prices are out of control in the state, and said he will demand changes to the state’s voting laws to require voter identification and proof of citizenship. Newsom is far from the only Democratic governor preparing to take on Trump. In blue states like Illinois, Massachusetts and New York, officials are already vowing to mount legal and policy fights against the incoming Trump administration on issues like abortion rights, environmental regulations, gun control, immigration enforcement and more. The early moves come as the Democratic Party enters a period of soul-searching over how Trump trounced Vice President Kamala Harris across the map, and what the party’s path forward looks like.
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