Newsom tells AP the eight senators who struck the shutdown deal aren’t alarmed enough about Trump

BELEM Brazil AP California Gov Gavin Newsom disclosed Tuesday he s stunned by eight senators decision to break with Democrats and end the governing body shutdown and warned they re not alarmed enough about President Donald Trump s political norm-shattering I m not coming in to punch anybody in the face but I m not pleased that in the face of this invasive species that is Donald Trump who s absolutely changed the rules of the event that we re still playing by the old rules of the meeting Newsom stated The Associated Press in an interview at the COP UN Surroundings Conference in Brazil And in my core I m stunned Newsom was appealed what he would say to the group of seven Democrats and one independent senator who joined with Republicans in the Senate late Monday to pass bill to reopen the ruling body bringing the longest shutdown in history closer to an end Along with the ratified deal came searing criticism for the moderates from other Democrats frustrated by what they disclosed amounted to caving to the GOP without achieving lasting progress toward extending vitality care subsidies set to expire Jan As news of probable compromise neared ahead of a procedural Sunday night vote to advance the overall funding ordinance Newsom s press office wrote on X Pathetic This isn t a deal It s a surrender Don t bend the knee After the same eight senators seven Democrats and independent Sen Angus King of Maine who caucuses with Democrats joined with Republicans in that procedural vote he called their conciliation capitulation and a betrayal of working Americans Demanded by AP about his own efforts to counter Trump from a bombastic social media presence to last week s prosperous passage of U S House maps for California aimed at countering Trump-backed efforts to do the same for Republicans in other states Newsom reiterated what he framed as his commitment to go further than others in his party I m really more alarmed than it appears the eight members of my party are in the United States Senate Newsom announced I m much more alarmed about the future of our country and the world we re trying to build than they are The Trump administration did not send an official delegation to COP in Brazil this week Newsom whose state represents the world s fourth-largest financial market is expected to meet with representatives from several of the global governments in attendance