The California political veteran angling for governor: ‘This is a break-glass moment’
by Lauren Gambino in Los Angeles from US news | The Guardian on (#6WQVX)
Xavier Becerra, the state's attorney general and a former US cabinet member, says he's prepared to call Trump's bluff
Xavier Becerra thinks California's next governor should know how to call Donald Trump's bluff.
The former US health and human services secretary built his reputation in the state leading California's legal battles against the first Trump administration. Now, as he joins a crowded field of Democrats vying to succeed the term-limited governor, Gavin Newsom, Becerra says he has the experience - and the poker face - to go toe-to-toe with the president again.
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