California officials are reportedly gearing up to do battle with President-elect Donald Trump after he takes office.
The Golden State’s leadership is assembling a legal team to offer up a defense against federal policies Trump is expected to enact, according to The Washington Post. But this time around, it may not be quite as easy for them as it was under the president-elect’s first term.
Within hours of Donald Trump’s victory this month, California’s top elected officials readied themselves to reprise familiar roles as leaders of the Democratic resistance.
Gov. Gavin Newsom called a special session of the state legislature to discuss the best ways of “Trump-proofing” California and traveled to Washington to ask for President Joe Biden’s help.
Attorney General Rob Bonta held a news conference in front of the Golden Gate Bridge to declare that, “if Trump attacks your rights, I’ll be there.”
And Democratic lawmakers at every level of government here issued statements ensuring residents they will fight hard against any federal incursions.
California’s leading liberals spent months plotting how they might oppose a Trump administration were he to win, and many of them have been here before, as recently as four years ago during the president-elect’s first term. […]
— Read More: redstate.com
