Donald Trump has vowed revenge on California. These are his specific threats
Donald Trump vilified California throughout his campaign, and now that he has secured a second presidential term, it’s possible he could carry out some of the threats he has leveled at the state.
Gov. Gavin Newsom, who could become the national face of Democratic resistance, has voiced concern over the potential danger of Trump’s presidency for the Golden State. Trump, while campaigning, has derided California as a “paradise lost” and blamed the state’s Democratic leaders — referred to as “radical left lunatics” — and large immigrant population for its supposed decline.
Trump has promised significant changes to the immigration system and wants to loosen climate policies.
Meanwhile, Project 2025, a blueprint published by conservative think tank the Heritage Foundation, has outlined substantial changes it believes the next president should carry out, including severely restricting reproductive rights and LGBTQ protections that California has sought to safeguard.
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By: Sara Libby and Molly Burke
Source: San Francisco Chronicle
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