Article originally appeared on www.westernjournal.com.
Election Day is just behind us and the decorations for Christmas 2024 haven’t even gone up anywhere but the department stores, but it appears we have the first candidate for the 2028 election: California Gov. Gavin Newsom.
Oh, of course the top Democratic surrogate hasn’t announced his candidacy yet, although he might as well. Less than two days after Donald Trump became the president-elect, Newsom called lawmakers to Sacramento for a special legislative session next month to deal with the new Oval Office occupant before he even takes up residence.
According to The New York Times, the move was made “to safeguard California values and fundamental rights in the face of an incoming Trump administration.”
“The freedoms we hold dear in California are under attack — and we won’t sit idle,” Newsom said in a Thursday statement. “California has faced this challenge before, and we know how …
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