California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) is poised to become the “leader of the resistance” to President-elect Donald Trump as he finishes his second and final term in office, and sets his sights on a possible presidential run in 2028.
That’s the view of Republican strategist Rob Stutzman, a former aide to California’s last Republican governor, Arnold Schwarzenegger, who endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris.
“California will seek to work with the incoming president — but let there be no mistake, we intend to stand with states across our nation to defend our Constitution and uphold the rule of law,” he said.
The “resistance” that emerged after Trump’s first election in 2016 was an aggressive and at times violent movement that chose to reject Trump’s presidency through protests, culminating in the Black Lives Matter riots of 2020.
The term “resistance” is…
