Newsom tells AP the eight senators who struck the shutdown deal aren’t alarmed enough about Trump
BELEM, Brazil (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom He said Tuesday he was stunned decision of eight senators He called for breaking ties with Democrats and ending the government shutdown, warning they were not alarmed enough by President Donald Trump’s subversion of political norms.
“I’m not here to punch anyone in the face, but I’m not happy that we’re still playing by the old rules of the game in the face of this invasive species that is a total game changer, Donald Trump,” Newsom said in an interview with The Associated Press at the COP30 U.N. Climate Conference in Brazil. “And I was stunned to my core.”
Newsom was asked what he would say to the group of seven Democratic and one independent senators who joined with Republicans in the Senate late Monday to pass legislation to reopen the government. longest shutdown in history We are nearing the end. With the deal approved, other Democrats leveled harsh criticism at disappointed moderates who they said meant bowing to the GOP without making lasting progress toward extending health care subsidies that expire Jan. 1.
As news of a potential compromise approaches ahead of Sunday night’s procedural vote to advance overall funding legislation, Newsom’s press office wrote to X: “Pathetic. This is not a deal. This is a surrender. Don’t kneel!” After the same eight senators (seven Democrats and independent Sen. Angus Maine King, who caucuses with the Democrats) joined Republicans on the procedural vote, he called their compromise “capitulation and betrayal of working Americans.”
He was asked by the AP about his own efforts to confront Trump, from his flamboyant presence on social media to his demeanor last week. successful transition Newsom reiterated what he framed as a commitment to go further than others in his party in a release of U.S. House maps for California aimed at countering Trump’s efforts to do the same for Republicans in other states.
“I’m really more concerned than eight members of my party appear in the United States Senate,” Newsom said. “I am far more concerned than they are about the future of our country and the world we are trying to build.”
Trump administration I did not send an official delegation. to COP30 in Brazil this week. Newsom, whose state represents the world’s fourth-largest economy, is expected to meet with officials from some of the 195 global governments attending the meeting.
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Meg Kinnard reported from Columbia, South Carolina and can be reached at: http://x.com/MegKinnardAP
