California Attorney General Rob Bonta, joined by nearly two dozen colleagues, announced efforts to obtain a federal court order against President Trump's proposed freeze on federal funds. Following a previous federal judge's temporary restraining order, Bonta emphasized the financial impact on crucial state programs, stating that withheld federal dollars comprise over a third of California's budget. He expressed concern over the nationwide financial implications, attributing potential motivations for Trump's actions as speculative, while asserting confidence in the legal process to uphold democratic accountability.
The president is spitting in the face of our democracy," Bonta said. "We're talking 34%, over a third of our state budget. A massive irreplaceable chunk."
All told, we're talking $3 trillion nationwide. In California, it is easily in the tens of billions of dollars."
Whether it's intentional, whether it's incompetence, whether it's an oversight, we choose not to speculate on that at this point. The motion to enforce will get the job done."
This is American democracy working exactly the way it's supposed to."
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