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

California Gov. Gavin Newsom said Thursday he was calling an emergency special session to strengthen the blue 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,” a news release from Newsom’s office said.

“California is ready to fight,” Newsom said

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

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The special meeting will take place on Monday, December 2nd.

Newsom is calling on his state Legislature to provide more funding for the California Department of Corrections and other state agencies to provide additional resources to address legal challenges.

“The funding will support the ability to immediately file litigation and seek an injunction against unlawful federal actions,” Newsom’s office said.

During Trump’s first term, Newsom filed lawsuits against the federal government more than 100 times.

“We learned a lot about former President Trump in his first term – he is petty, vengeful and will do anything to get his way, no matter how dangerous the politics,” said Mike McGuire, interim Democratic state Senate president an explanation.

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California Governor Gavin Newsom has called a special emergency session. (Mario Tama/Getty Images)

“California has come too far and accomplished too much to simply give up and accept its dystopian vision for America. That’s why we’re moving quickly and investing in our legal defense.”

Meanwhile, Republican Brian Jones, state Senate minority leader, said the special session was “clearly just another political stunt” and a “desperate attempt to distract from Democrats’ significant losses across California on Tuesday – in the Senate, state Assembly and U.S. Senate.” -House of Representatives”. and on key ballot measures, including the defeat of Prop 5 and the overwhelming victory of Prop 36.

“Californians have made it clear: affordability is their top concern,” Jones said. “Despite the enormous 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 literally and metaphorically burns.”

California, a sanctuary state for illegal immigrants, abortions and transgender transition treatments for children, could be targeted by the Trump administration, especially given Trump’s plan to mass deport illegal immigrants.

Newsom, leader of the country’s progressive blueprint, is not the only Democrat preparing to make his states Trump-proof before his inauguration.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul and Attorney General Letitia James, who have prosecuted and vilified Trump for years, vowed to guard against any possible “revenge or retaliation” that might come their way after he returns to the White House is .

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Former President Trump speaks to reporters while sitting in a garbage truck in Green Bay, Wisconsin, on Oct. 30. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Hochul congratulated Trump during a news conference Wednesday while praising his opponent, Vice President Kamala Harris, and Minnesota Vice President Tim Walz for a “hard-fought campaign that really addressed so many issues that matter to Americans.”

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“I want to be clear that while we recognize the results of this election and will work with anyone who wants to be partners in achieving our administration’s goals in our state, that does not mean we accept an agenda from Washington “This deprives New Yorkers of the rights they have long enjoyed,” Hochul said Wednesday.

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