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California Governor Gavin Newsom (D) drew an angry response from the president-elect for saying he “wantedTrump-proof‘the state prior to Trump’s resurgence as president.

Without providing many details, Newsom this week called on lawmakers to convene a special session of the California Legislature to strengthen the state’s legal defenses.

In a Friday post on his Truth Social platform, Trump said that Newsom is “trying to KILL our nation’s beautiful California.”

“He’s using the term ‘Trump-Proof’ as a way to shut down all the GREAT things that can be done to ‘Make California Great Again,'” Trump said.

It was often the attorneys general who pushed and pushed back on Trump’s policies during his first presidential administration. California offers residents some of the nation’s strongest protections on abortion rights and has adopted progressive policies on guns, drugs, the minimum wage and other issues.

Trump also seemed to suggest he will try to change the way elections are run in California, even though the U.S. Constitution gives that power to the states.

He wrote that “as ‘AGENT’ for the United States of America in the area of ​​voting and elections, I will require that voter identification and proof of citizenship be a necessary part and parcel of the voting process!”