Newsom calls on California legislature to respond to Trump’s victory: ‘Ready to fight’

Blue State Governor Gavin Newsom said Thursday he has declared a state of emergency special session to strengthen the state’s legal response to future attacks from the new Trump administration.

The special session will focus on protecting “civil rights, reproductive freedom, climate action and immigrant families,” Newsom’s office said in a news release.

“California is ready to fight“, Newsom said of

His action comes just a day after Newsom said he will “try to work with the new president.”

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The special session will take place on Monday, December 2.

Newsom is pushing his state legislature to earmark more money for the California Department of Justice and other government agencies with additional resources to fight legal challenges.

“The funding will support the ability to immediately file a lawsuit and seek injunctive relief against unlawful federal actions,” Newsom’s office said.

During the day Trump’s first termNewsom filed lawsuits against the federal government more than 100 times.

“We learned a lot about former President Trump during his first term – he is petty, vindictive and will do whatever it takes to get his way, no matter how dangerous the policy,” said Mike McGuire. Democratic State Senate president pro tempore, a statement said.

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“California has come too far and accomplished too much to simply surrender and accept its dystopian vision for America. This is why we are acting quickly and investing in our legal defense.”

Meanwhile, Senate Minority Leader Brian Jones, a Republican, said the special session is “clearly just another political stunt” and a “desperate attempt to distract from Democrats’ significant losses in California on Tuesday – in the Senate, the State Assembly, the US. House, and on key ballot measures, including the defeat of Prop 5 and the landslide victory of Prop 36.”

“Californians have made it clear: affordability is their number one concern,” Jones said. “But even with the massive deficit he has created, Governor Newsom wants to hand his attorney general a blank check to wage endless battles against the federal government – ​​while our own state burns, both literally and figuratively.”

California, a haven for illegal immigrants, abortions and transgender transition treatments for children could be targeted by the Trump administration, especially given Trump’s mass deportation plan of illegal immigrants.

Newsom, leader of the nation’s progressive blueprint, isn’t the only Democrat preparing to Trump-proof his states ahead of his inauguration.

New York Governor Kathy Hochul and Attorney General Letitia James, who has spent years prosecuting and denigrating Trump, vowed to fight back against any potential “revenge or retaliation” that might come their way as he returns to the White House.

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Hochul congratulated Trump during a press conference on Wednesday, while also praising his opponent, Vice President Kamala Harris, and running mate. Minnesota Gov. Tim Walzfor a “hard-fought campaign that really raised so many issues that matter to Americans.”

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“I want to be very clear that while we honor the results of this election and will work with anyone who wants to be a partner in achieving our administration’s goals in our state, this does not mean that we will accept any agenda from Washington . That takes away the rights that New Yorkers have long enjoyed,” Hochul said Wednesday.

Fox News Digital’s Greg Wehner contributed to this report.