A top California Democrat this week proposed lifting the state’s longtime ban on taxpayer-funded travel to Republican-led states—one day before Gov. Gavin Newsom (D.) announced a $10 million red state campaign. State Senate leader Toni Atkins (D.) on Wednesday introduced a measure to repeal a 2016 law barring California lawmakers from traveling to states that “discriminate” against gay and transgender people. The following day, Newsom announced that he will travel to Alabama, Arkansas, and Mississippi—three states covered by the ban—to promote his just-launched political action committee, the Campaign For Democracy.
Newsom spokesman Anthony York told the Washington Free Beacon that the governor had nothing to do with Atkins’s legislation and that “no state paid staff will be on his trip.” But the timing of the two announcements highlights California Democrats’ shifting approach towards Republican-led states. Newsom, along with Senate-hopeful Rep. Adam Schiff (D., […]
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