California is itching to take on Trump. Here are the prominent figures leading the charge

[applegrove]

By Melanie Mason at the LA Times

http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-pol-ca-californians-trump-critics-20161216-htmlstory.html

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Gavin Newsom, the state’s lieutenant governor and earliest entrant to the field, has been an unabashed Trump detractor, needling the president-elect on social media, a fitting venue for the Twitter-friendly Trump.

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“I don’t think it’s time to be timid — at all,” Newsom told reporters on Wednesday. “I take him quite literally in terms of what he wants to accomplish and how he wants to go about doing it. And if you do take him literally, then there is only one response, and that is to prepare for an assault on environmental protections, on immigrant rights, on people’s health and welfare, and not wait to respond to it.”

Fellow Democrat and former Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa officially jumped into the race just two days after Trump won the presidency, framing his gubernatorial bid as a contrast to the incoming Republican president. In an op-ed in the Sacramento Bee last week, Villaraigosa called on Western governors and California mayors to unite to form “a breakwater against the tide of Trumpism.”



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[LonePirate]

1. I'm glad there are some Dems somewhere willing to stand up to him. The DC Dems are rolling over.

[Auggie]

2. You want to take on Trump? Give us California Single Payer!

We can do this!

[JI7]

3. how much does California contribute to the national economy ?

[msongs]

4. without california lots of those parasite red states will have to pay their own way nt

[UTUSN]

5. Xavier Becerra was great in the campaign, should have been the Veep pick

[Boomerproud]

6. I would hope Govenor Jerry Brown would take a leading role in this.

He was the first vote I ever cast in 1976, and he proved he is a lot more than quirky.