Trump-hating NY AG, gov vow legal fight against Trump in threat to counter any payback

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul and Attorney General Letitia James, who've spent years prosecuting and disparaging Donald Trump, vowed to combat backmost against immoderate imaginable "revenge oregon retribution" that whitethorn beryllium coming their mode present that President-elect Trump volition beryllium returning to the White House.

Hochul offered congratulations to Trump during a property league connected Wednesday portion besides commending his opponent, Vice President Harris and moving mate Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, for a "hard-fought run that truly lifted up truthful galore issues that substance to Americans."

She acknowledged that the results whitethorn not person been what galore had hoped for but reassured her constituents that New York has flooded hard times before.

"That's wherefore I person the assurance successful my squad and each those we enactment intimately with that we volition get done the uncertainty of a caller medication successful Washington because, arsenic I said, we've done this before," Hochul said. "I privation to beryllium precise wide that portion we grant the results of this predetermination and volition enactment with anyone who wants to beryllium a spouse successful achieving the goals of our medication successful our state, that does not mean we'll judge an docket from Washington that strips distant the rights that New Yorkers person agelong enjoyed."

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Letitia James, left, and Kathy Hochul (Lev Radin/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images)

The politician reminded the nationalist that New York is the birthplace of the women’s rights movement, the biology justness movement, the LGBTQ rights question and the American labour movement, saying the authorities volition proceed to beryllium a "bastion" of state and the regularisation of law.

She besides announced the constitution of the Empire State Freedom Initiative, which will absorption connected areas Hochul and different authorities officials judge could look threats from the Trump administration. She said the inaugural volition connection protections for reproduction rights, civilian rights, immigration, weapon safety, labour rights, LGBTQ rights and biology justice.

"Our squad volition bash immoderate we person to bash to place immoderate imaginable threats to these rights that we clasp beloved successful the authorities of New York and support New Yorkers," Hochul said. "This volition see legislation, rulemaking, appropriations and partnerships with our legislature delegation and including the Biden medication astatine this time."

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New York Gov. Kathy Hochul congratulated President-elect Trump for winning his predetermination but said she and different authorities officials are prepared to combat disconnected attempts to portion the authorities of funding. (Lev Radin/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images)

She called connected Trump to enactment New York's ongoing efforts to get backing for large captious infrastructure with the MTA and to backmost economical improvement projects similar those funded by the Chips and Science Act.

"I volition enactment with him oregon anybody, careless of party, connected these benignant of efforts that I cognize volition payment the authorities of New York," Hochul said. "However, if you effort to harm New Yorkers oregon rollback their rights, I volition combat you each measurement of the way. New Yorkers are resilient. We fought the archetypal clip around, and we'll combat again."

James besides congratulated Trump connected his win, but not without spite.

She told the radical of New York that she and different authorities officials would enactment with Trump and his administration "if possible" but without compromising the state’s integrity oregon principles.

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New York Attorney General Letitia James (Jemal Countess/Getty Images for Congressional Black Caucus Foundation/File)

"We did not expect this result, but we are prepared to respond to this result. And my bureau has been preparing for respective months due to the fact that we've been present before," James said. "We faced this situation before, and we utilized the regularisation of instrumentality to combat back. And we are prepared to combat backmost erstwhile again because, arsenic the lawyer wide of this large state, it is my occupation to support and support the rights of New Yorkers and the regularisation of law. And I volition not shrink from that responsibility."

Between 2019 and 2021, James said, her bureau took astir 100 ineligible actions against Trump’s erstwhile administration, including erstwhile helium attempted to enactment a headdress connected authorities and section taxes and tried to destruct funds and grants for instrumentality enforcement officials successful New York.

James said her bureau besides fought to support the Affordable Care Act, forestall a question astir citizenship from being connected the census, and enactment a halt to the dismantling of the U.S. Postal Service, among different things.

She besides said she knows the Trump administration’s playbook and has a contingency program successful spot to respond to immoderate onslaught connected the state.

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"We're acceptable to respond to immoderate attempts to chopped oregon destruct immoderate backing to the large authorities of New York, arsenic the politician outlined," James said. "So, contempt what has happened connected the nationalist stage, we volition proceed to basal gangly successful the look of injustice, revenge oregon retribution.

"This is not the clip to beryllium fearful, New York, but faithful and steadfast, knowing that I, arsenic the lawyer general, on with my full team, we are guardians of the law, and we are prepared, my friends, to combat back," she added.

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