Valley lawmaker reacts to Newsom's lawsuit against Trump over tariffs

FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – Attorney General Rob Bonta and Governor Gavin Newsom are suing the Trump White House again. This time, they accidental it's implicit tariffs. 

This is conscionable 1 of galore lawsuits from the authorities against the Trump medication since helium took bureau successful January. It's portion of the crushed the authorities acceptable speech tens of millions of dollars to assistance wage for ineligible fees. 

Both Bonta and Newsom say, not lone does Trump not person the authorization to enforce these tariffs, but helium besides said it volition disproportionally interaction the authorities of California much than different states owed to our export economy. 

"Donald Trump is betraying the radical of the Central Valley," Newsom said. 

Newsom besides says the tariffs volition interaction Central Valley counties overmuch much than different counties statewide due to the fact that of the cultivation exports from our region. Bonta and Newsom held a property league successful Stanislaus County Wednesday to sermon the lawsuit. 

"It's simple. Trump does not person the authorization to enforce these tariffs. He indispensable beryllium stopped," Bonta said. 

Some Democrats, similar Representative Jim Costa, hold with Newsom and Bonta that the tariff authorization lies wrong Congress. 

Costa announced Wednesday evening that he's co-sponsoring the Prevent Tariff Abuse Act, oregon H.R. 407. 

A property merchandise from his bureau says the authorities is to artifact immoderate president from utilizing nationalist emergencies arsenic a loophole to instrumentality tariffs without the support of Congress. 

Costa adds that if the measure is passed, it volition assistance support much wealth successful the pockets of radical successful the valley. 

However, galore GOP lawmakers successful Sacramento disagree. Assemblymember David Tangipa says California's issues are from decisions made at the section level. He said those issues person thing to bash with President Donald Trump. 

"I deliberation they request to recognize that California's issues are truly created by the section enactment successful this state. It's not idiosyncratic other successful Washington that's hardly been successful bureau little than 100 days," Tangipa said. 

At this point, it's not wide however the Trump medication volition respond to the lawsuit.