California Democrat rejects anti-Trump resistance agenda

Published January 7, 2025 9:27am ET



Rep. Ami Bera (D-CA) is ready to negotiate to implement facets of Republican priorities, a move that breaks with his home state’s fierce and public opposition to President-elect Donald Trump’s agenda. 

California Democrats, led by Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA), set in motion costly efforts to resist Trump after he won a second term in November, vowing to spend an estimated $25 million in lawsuits to keep the president-elect’s policies from touching the Golden State. 

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