ICYMI: Attorney General Becerra in The Washington Post and NBC News

Wednesday, March 14, 2018
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From The Washington Post: For Xavier Becerra, California’s attorney general, the fight with Trump is personal

"In just over a year as attorney general, Becerra has become a leader of the California resistance, the legal brain behind the state’s fight against the president’s policies on health care, the environment and most significantly, immigration. For Becerra, the son of immigrants and the state’s first Latino attorney general, this fight is both political and personal. 'I tell folks if you want to know where I’ll take you, look at where I’ve come from,' he said in an interview."

"If this is a battle between Trump’s values and California’s, as many believe it is, Becerra is a fitting warrior."

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From NBC News: Xavier Becerra, California’s top lawyer, emerges as Trump nemesis

"Sworn in as the state of California’s top lawyer four days after Trump’s inauguration, the 12-term Democratic congressman from Los Angeles has become the president’s legal nemesis. His California Department of Justice has gone to court 28 times against the Trump administration, winning most of the preliminary hands in what promises to be a protracted, high-stakes game."

"The chief executive born to power and luxury squares off against the son of blue-collar Mexican immigrants. Where Trump is unbridled, Becerra reins his words tightly. Where Trump’s personal life has been tabloid fodder, Becerra’s family life would be at home in a church circular."

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