The Democratic governor has called a special session with state lawmakers to safeguard California's progressive policies.
California Governor Gavin Newsom's defiant message to President-elect Donald Trump has gone viral on social media.Trump's victory in Tuesday's election means Newsom, a Democrat who may have ambitions on the national stage, is once again poised to be a leading figure in his party's resistance campaign against Trump's presidential agenda.'I want our president to succeed,' Newsom said in a video posted on X, formerly Twitter, on Saturday.
On Thursday, Newsom's office said he wanted lawmakers to give the California attorney general's office more funding to 'pursue robust affirmative litigation against any unlawful actions by the incoming Trump Administration, as well as defend against federal lawsuits aimed at undermining California's laws and policies.'Newsom and lawmakers are ready to 'Trump-proof' California's state laws, his office told the Associated Press.
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