{"id":2368368,"date":"2024-11-13T09:23:02","date_gmt":"2024-11-13T14:23:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democratic-governors-announce-alliance-to-counter-incoming-trump-white-house-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-11-13T09:24:42","modified_gmt":"2024-11-13T14:24:42","slug":"democratic-governors-announce-alliance-to-counter-incoming-trump-white-house-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democratic-governors-announce-alliance-to-counter-incoming-trump-white-house-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Democratic governors announce alliance to counter incoming Trump White House &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdemocratic-governors-announce-alliance-to-counter-incoming-trump-white-house-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2368368&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A recent \u2064announcement from Democratic governors has established a new alliance called &#8220;Governors\u200c Safeguarding Democracy&#8221; aimed at countering the\u200b anticipated policies of President-elect Donald Trump&#8217;s administration.\u200b Co-chaired by Governors \u2064J.B. Pritzker (Illinois) and\u2064 Jared\u200c Polis (Colorado), this nonpartisan alliance \u2063seeks to strengthen American democracy by\u200b fostering collaboration \u2064among\u200d state \u2062governors to develop laws and policies that promote the rule of law and serve citizens&#8217; interests. The alliance \u200bis backed\u200b by \u200dGovAct, which also supports \u2064the \u200dReproductive Freedom Alliance, \u2063advocating\u2064 for \u2064expanded abortion access among Democratic governors.\u200c The Governors Safeguarding Democracy \u2064initiative plans to create strategic \u200dplaybooks and reinforce state\u2062 institutions \u2062to combat perceived threats of autocracy. In response to Trump&#8217;s recent \u200celectoral\u2064 success, which included victories in swing states, some governors, like Gavin Newsom of \u200dCalifornia, \u2063are <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">proactively calling special legislative sessions<\/a> to uphold state values against the\u200d incoming administration&#8217;s agenda.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Democratic governors announce alliance to counter incoming Trump White House<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1879940\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>As President-elect <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Donald Trump\">Donald Trump<\/a> prepares his return to the White House in January, <a href=\"https:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/democratic-party\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Democratic\">Democratic<\/a> officials are readying a plan to combat a second Trump term at the state and local levels.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Another initiative aimed at countering Trump, Governors Safeguarding Democracy, was announced Wednesday as a &ldquo;nonpartisan alliance of governors that works together to uphold and fortify American democracy.&rdquo; Govs.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/jb-pritzker\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">J.B. Pritzker<\/a>&nbsp;(D-IL) and Jared Polis (D-CO) are co-chairmen of the alliance, which is backed by GovAct.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We strengthen the foundations of American democracy by catalyzing collaboration across state lines. Working together, we leverage the collective strength, experience, and institutional knowledge in governors&rsquo; offices across the country to craft laws and policies that protect the rule of law and serve the people of our great states,&rdquo; the alliance&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/govsfordemocracy.org\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said<\/a>&nbsp;on its website.<\/p>\n<p>GovAct also supports the Reproductive Freedom Alliance, which is a coalition of 23 Democratic governors who are committed to expanding access to abortion.<\/p>\n<p>The Governors Safeguarding Democracy alliance touts developing playbooks, reinforcing state institutions, and designing affirmative strategies as some of the ways it will work to push back on the alleged &ldquo;ever-increasing threats of autocracy.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Vice President Kamala Harris and Democrats ran on Trump being an alleged &ldquo;threat to democracy,&rdquo; but in light of Trump&rsquo;s victory last week, in which he swept all seven swing states, several Democrats have announced how they plan to counter the Trump administration.<\/p>\n<p>Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) called a special session in the California legislature to &ldquo;safeguard California values and fundamental rights in the face of an incoming Trump administration.&rdquo; He <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3226991\/newsom-lobbies-biden-admin-for-funds-as-he-seeks-trump-proof-california\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">was in Washington, D.C.<\/a>, on Tuesday, meeting with the White House and California congressional delegation about pushing forward key efforts before Trump retakes the White House.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Building on the long-standing partnership between the Newsom and Biden-Harris administrations, today Governor Gavin Newsom met with senior White House and federal officials where he discussed key priorities for the state. The Governor advocated for the approval of pending disaster relief funding, programs to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/newsom-would-lose-to-trump-if-he-replaced-biden-atop-democratic-ticket-new-poll-finds\/\" title=\"Newsom would lose to Trump if he replaced Biden atop Democratic ticket, new poll finds\">expand healthcare access<\/a>, and initiatives to improve clean air,&rdquo; Newsom&rsquo;s office said on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Gov. Maura Healey (D-MA) also made her <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/state-watch\/4979128-massachusetts-governor-wont-aid-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"opposition\">opposition<\/a> to a key Trump priority clear, telling MSNBC last week that the state would not assist in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-cant-deny-responsibility-for-our-so-so-divided-nation\/\" title=\"Biden Can\u2019t Deny Responsibility For Our \u2018So, So Divided\u2019 Nation\">president-elect&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s planned mass deportations of illegal immigrants.<\/p>\n<p>Trump takes back the White House in 68 days, alongside a Republican majority in the Senate. The House of Representatives is also expected to have a narrow Republican majority, but the <em>Associated Press<\/em> has not projected which party will control the lower chamber.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1879940\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1879940\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democratic governors form alliance to oppose Trump\u2019s return<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2638,"featured_media":2368369,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/governors-safeguarding-democracy-alliance.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[4195,33842,5894,44933],"class_list":["post-2368368","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-alliance","tag-democratic-governors","tag-politics","tag-trump-white-house"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/governors-safeguarding-democracy-alliance.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2368368","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2638"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2368368"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2368368\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2368372,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2368368\/revisions\/2368372"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2368369"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2368368"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2368368"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2368368"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}