OAN Staff Blake Wolf
5:03 PM – Thursday, November 7, 2024
California Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom reportedly preparing to challenge 47 state legislaturesth President-elect Donald Trump plans to call a special session of Congress to counter future “unlawful” federal actions under the second Trump administration.
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“The freedoms we cherish in California are under attack, and we cannot stand by and stand by,” Newsom said in Thursday's announcement.
The special legislative session is scheduled to begin Dec. 2 at the state Capitol.n.d.Newsom is working with a team of lawmakers to “Trump-block” certain state laws in California.
“California is ready to fight,” Newsom wrote in the X post.
“I just convened an emergency special session to shore up our legal resources and protect our state from any illegal actions by the incoming Trump administration, whether it’s fundamental civil rights or reproductive freedom. “We refuse to turn back the clock or allow our values and laws to be attacked, whether it's on climate action,” Newsom added.
Newsom's announcement comes after Trump won the 2024 election in a landslide, winning the popular vote with 295 electoral votes, and the Democratic Party comprising Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin. This took place just a few days after the “blue wall'' of “Blue Wall'' was completely broken down.
Newsom also asked California lawmakers to increase funding for future lawsuits against Trump's federal government, as California officials worry about restricting access to abortion and dismantling environmental protections. did.
“California has faced this challenge before, and we know how to respond. “We stand ready to fight in court and provide Californians with the support and resources they need to thrive.” “We're going to do whatever it takes to make sure that we get that,” Newsom continued, adding that the special session is “the first of several actions” the state will take to: It was characterized as. Counter Trump's policies.
Additionally, other California officials echoed Newsom's anti-Trump rhetoric and announced they support the governor's plan to rein in Trump policies in California.
“President Trump said his campaign was a campaign to protect America,” Democratic Congressional Speaker Robert Rivas said. “What you can hope for is that California will do everything in its power to protect America from Donald Trump.”
California Attorney General Rob Bonta added, “If he takes office and follows the law, there's nothing we can do.” “But if he violates the law, as he says he will, as Project 2025 says he will, we are ready. I have considered it.”
However, President Trump has repeatedly explained that he is not involved in the Heritage Foundation's Project 2025, does not write about it, and does not even fully read it. In fact, President Trump has even said that there are many aspects of it that he disagrees with. Yet Democrats continue to spout the same misleading and false talking points to instill fear and get their point across.
Republican Congressional Leader James Gallagher also responded to Newsom's plan, arguing that California is “trying to position itself as an anti-Trump state.”
“Their response to the first Trump administration was about politics and not really considering California's best interests,” Gallagher said.
California Democratic Congresswoman Cottie Petrie Norris, the chair of Newsom's recent special legislative session, similarly made it clear that she supports protecting California's best interests.
“We were certainly at the center of the resistance movement during President Trump's first term, and I think that will continue in his second term,” she said Wednesday. “But I also don't want to confine ourselves to the position of resistance for the sake of resistance and performance art.”
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