Posted on 12/02/2024 6:18:09 PM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
Dec 2 (Reuters) - California’s Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom on Monday announced he is seeking up to $25 million in additional funding for legal fights with the incoming administration of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump.
The announcement came on the first day of a special session of the California legislature dedicated to preparing the liberal state for the second term of conservative Trump. If approved by the legislature, the California Department of Justice and state agencies would get the extra funding for court battles in areas such as reproductive rights, environmental protection and immigration.
California Attorney General Rob Bonta, also a Democrat, said in a press conference, that his agency would staff up to be able to react quickly to Trump administration action with motions for restraining orders and injunctions.
California spent $42 million to support litigation in Trump’s first term between 2017-2022. The state filed over 120 lawsuits challenging Trump Administration actions.
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So California wants to lead an insurrection.
Why so cheap? Need 200 Billion dollars from taxpayers.
Since he’s starting off on the wrong foot, so should Trump. Just withhold every Federal payment made to CA and let them sue to get the funds (e.g., welfare, road sunsidies, education, research grants, unemployment comp, etc.) Let’s see who wins that fight.
Lawfare Budget.
$25M? That doesn’t sound like a lot of money anymore. Especially if you’re using it to go up against Donald Trump!
Isn’t Commiefornia BROKE?
Total douchebag. Gonna be great to see the Gav tremble under a real US president.
You don’t think this 25 bigs is going anywhere but Gov Vitalis’ new mortgage, do you?
I was actually hoping he would dig in his heels.
It will make his arrest more fun to watch.
So this mega maniac wants to use taxpayer money up fight against our elected government and the public policies we voted for ?
$25M isn’t much when a dozen West Coast lawyers are billing their hours.
25 Million will be kinda hard to come up with when Trump cuts funding to Newsomland.
That “war chest” will last maybe 7 days.
Kamala Harris spent $1.5 billion in a little over 100 days...
and LOST BIG !
If I were Trump, I would get Vance the best conservative strategists available and slowly but surely sic the Marine/Yale lawyer on Governor Gaslight.
They always choose weasel words like ‘proposes” and “suggests” for their side rather than “pounce” or “attack.”
Perhaps he ought to ask all of the movie star leftists who are leaving the USA and ‘lived’ in CA to give their houses/estates to the CA gov’t so he can sell them to suckers to raise the $25mil he wants.
He’s like a James Bond villain.
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