As Donald Trump is about to be sworn in for a second term, governors across the country are preparing their states to be anti-Trump refuges or MAGA-themed Trumplandias.
Plans to either embolden or resist the incoming president’s agenda have been met with varying levels of enthusiasm from state legislatures, but they do show how state leaders are jockeying for political wins off of Trump’s presidency.
No two governors are trying to ride Trump’s coattails more than California’s Gavin Newsom — who convened a special session to brace against Trump’s agenda despite ongoing wildfires — and Florida’s Ron DeSantis — who also called for a special session to make Trump’s red carpet in the state even redder, despite intraparty pushback.