Xavier Becerra · [email protected]

August 28, 2020 at 11:24 PM

LA Times: California files 100th lawsuit against Trump administration

Breaking News:  Los Angeles Times: California files 100th lawsuit against Trump administration   Team,    We just sued President Trump for the 100th time.    Our 100th lawsuit seeks to block the President from rolling back critical environmental protections under the Nationa…

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  Team Becerra · [email protected]

August 28, 2020 at 12:24 AM

Victory against Betsy DeVos

Politico: "Judge blocks DeVos plan to send more pandemic relief to private school students"   Team,    Xavier isn't just fighting Trump — he’s winning.   Attorney General Becerra just beat the Trump administration in court, securing an early victory in his lawsuit to stop Secr…

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  Team Becerra · [email protected]

August 27, 2020 at 12:23 AM

The Republican National Convention

LA Times: “RNC speakers paint California as a dangerous dystopia”    Team,    The Republican Party has gone full Trump. At the Republican National Convention this week, right-wing party activists are trying to re-write reality:    They are falsely portraying President Trump as …

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  Xavier Becerra · [email protected]

August 25, 2020 at 7:41 PM

News: USPS hearing: DeJoy struggles to answer basic questions

Team,   The United States Postal Service is under attack by President Trump.   Yesterday, the Trump-appointed postmaster general and Republican mega-donor — Louis DeJoy — testified before Congress and tried to walk back the attacks. But with President Trump and his administration,…

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  Xavier Becerra · [email protected]

August 25, 2020 at 1:06 AM

California wildfires

Team,    Right now, hundreds of wildfires are currently burning across California. Over 250,000 Californians are under evacuation orders and our firefighters are working around the clock to save loved ones, homes, and animals.    If you’re able, make a $5 donation to the California…

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  Xavier Becerra · [email protected]

August 21, 2020 at 8:11 PM

Updates from the virtual campaign trail

Team,    This year has been like no other — and that was true for the Democratic convention, too.    Times are tough, but as the son of immigrants, optimism runs in my DNA. I’m closing out the 2020 Democratic National Convention feeling inspired about our future.    We have the po…

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  Xavier Becerra · [email protected]

August 18, 2020 at 10:14 PM

Stopping Trump's attack on USPS

Team,    Today we announced our intent to sue President Trump to stop his attack on USPS. We refuse to let the President undermine our postal system and the ability to vote by mail.    We’re taking on Trump’s dangerous agenda. Can you chip in $5 to stand with us in stopping Trump?  …

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  Xavier Becerra · [email protected]

August 18, 2020 at 12:40 AM

California and other states prepared to take action to defend USPS

Team,    Here in California, along with other states, we’re prepared to challenge the Trump administration’s illegal action concerning USPS.    We’ve sued President Trump over 95 times now. Protecting the right to vote — and our democracy — won’t be any different.    Can you add yo…

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  Team Becerra · [email protected]

August 13, 2020 at 11:09 PM

CNN: Trump says he opposes funding USPS because of mail-in voting

CNN: “Trump says he opposes funding USPS because of mail-in voting” Team,    We’ve seen the Republican Party try to undermine voting rights for decades, but now, President Trump’s attacks on mail-in voting have hit a new low.    Add your name: Trump must stop undermining voting r…

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  Team Becerra · [email protected]

August 12, 2020 at 9:52 PM

Re: Kamala Harris

Team,    Did you see the note Xavier sent yesterday?    Adding Kamala Harris to the Democratic ticket is game-changing. Now, we have to do everything we can to ensure Joe Biden and Kamala Harris win:    Everything is on the line in this election. We need Joe and Kamala to win. C…

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  Xavier Becerra · [email protected]

August 11, 2020 at 11:41 PM

Kamala Harris

Team,    Historic and game-changing.    Today, Joe Biden selected a real fighter for hardworking families.    Congratulate Kamala by helping her and Joe win! Chip in $5 to support the Biden-Harris campaign and our fight now»   Senator Kamala Harris is a proven leader and a Bide…

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  Team Becerra · [email protected]

August 8, 2020 at 9:38 PM

Someone should let Trump know...

USA Today: “Trump weighing executive order to force insurers to cover pre-existing conditions, something Obamacare does”     Team,     Last night, Trump said that he’ll sign an executive order to “protect pre-existing conditions” … the very same protections he’s trying to destroy i…

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  Xavier Becerra · [email protected]

August 7, 2020 at 12:18 AM

Lindsey Graham's opponent

Team,    The election is less than 3 months away. Republicans have real vulnerabilities this year — especially in South Carolina where Senator Lindsey Graham’s opponent, Jaime Harrison, has a serious shot at winning.    Let me get right to it, will you split a $5 donation to suppor…

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  Xavier Becerra · [email protected]

August 5, 2020 at 11:57 PM

"Slow the testing down, please!"

Team,    “Slow the testing down, please!”  The pandemic is “just going to go away”  “We want to terminate healthcare”    These are not phrases the President of the United States should ever say — but Donald Trump has said all of them since this pandemic began.    Add your name:…

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  Xavier Becerra · [email protected]

August 4, 2020 at 12:08 AM

Take action to remember John Lewis by defending voting rights

Team,    Republicans keep attacking voting rights — undermining the Voting Rights Act in the courts over the years and failing to protect the right to vote in our country.   Add your name: In memory of John Lewis, demand Congress restore the Voting Rights Act!   Discrimination at …

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  Xavier Becerra · [email protected]

July 31, 2020 at 8:50 PM

These days, we have our hands full

Team,   In just a moment, I’m going to ask you to make a donation to our campaign. I know there are many important causes and other candidates to support right now, so allow me the opportunity to explain.    As Attorney General, my job is to do everything I can to defend Californ…

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  Team Becerra · [email protected]

July 30, 2020 at 11:50 PM

The rule of law still exists

Team,    We are at a critical moment.    The future of our nation is at stake — and the President is sowing chaos as Election Day nears.    Dangerous tweets. Attacking science. Attempting to rip our healthcare away. Defying the Constitution to sabotage the census for political g…

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  Xavier Becerra · [email protected]

July 30, 2020 at 12:21 AM

Trump is hustling the American people on healthcare

Team,    President Trump is urging the Supreme Court to destroy the entire Affordable Care Act and end healthcare protections for 133 million Americans. Today, we filed our formal response to the President’s deadly and flawed argument to gut affordable healthcare.   This is our las…

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  Xavier Becerra · [email protected]

July 28, 2020 at 11:38 PM

Our "law and order" president keeps breaking the law

Team,    You can’t be a “law and order” president if you keep breaking the law. But that’s what Donald Trump keeps doing — so we keep suing him.    Today we filed a new lawsuit against President Trump to block his latest illegal attempt to undermine the 2020 Census by excluding undo…

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  Team Becerra · [email protected]

July 26, 2020 at 11:42 PM

The White House isn't the only thing on the line

Team,    The election is 100 days away and Republicans aren’t just trying to keep the White House — they are working to expand their hold on state offices, too.    The Republican Party is trying to recapture critical Democratic Attorneys General seats in swing states this November …

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  Xavier Becerra · [email protected]

July 24, 2020 at 12:51 AM

The American promise is still true. But we must fight for it.

Team,    I’ve sued President Trump over 90 times to stop his cruel attacks on our values and families.   This week alone, I filed 4 new lawsuits to stop Trump’s attempts to weaken key provisions of the Affordable Care Act, undermine the Clean Water Act, gut our nation’s air toxic…

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  Xavier Becerra · [email protected]

July 22, 2020 at 8:15 PM

Is anyone surprised at this point?

Team,    The President already lost at the Supreme Court when he tried to sabotage the 2020 Census count. Now, he’s making yet another illegal and flawed attempt to not include undocumented people in the headcount for congressional districts:   Los Angeles Times: Trump tries new…

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  Team Becerra · [email protected]

July 21, 2020 at 7:40 PM

Trump's America: Denying women and LGBTQ people healthcare

Team,    Imagine going to a doctor’s office and being denied care because you are a woman, disabled, or LGBTQ. In Donald Trump’s America, that could become a reality.    Here’s how: The Trump administration is quietly trying to roll back Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act — …

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  Xavier Becerra · [email protected]

July 21, 2020 at 12:29 AM

We just hit 90

Team,   Today, I filed 3 new lawsuits against President Trump. We’ve now sued the Trump administration 90 times.   We are suing the President today in 3 separate lawsuits to block his attempt to gut a critical anti-discrimination healthcare law, restart coal leasing on public lands…

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  Team Becerra · [email protected]

July 19, 2020 at 11:02 PM

Add your name: Every American should have healthcare access

Team,    Republicans voted over 70 times in Congress to repeal the Affordable Care Act and now President Trump is urging the Supreme Court to rip away healthcare protections from 133 million Americans.    On the other hand, we are fighting to expand healthcare. And we have to keep t…

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  Team Becerra · [email protected]

July 18, 2020 at 12:20 AM

Wall Street Journal: Federal Court Orders Trump Administration to Accept New DACA Applications

Team,    Good News: A federal judge just affirmed today that the Trump administration must begin accepting new applications for the DACA program — the policy allowing Dreamers to live and work in our communities without fearing deportation.     Bad News: This fight may not be over. P…

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  Team Becerra · [email protected]

July 16, 2020 at 12:29 AM

Add your name: Cheated student borrowers deserve better

Team,   With so many Americans struggling to pay their bills each month, we need to expand student loan forgiveness. That’s especially true for students who were defrauded by greedy for-profit schools.    Is Secretary Betsy DeVos taking action? No. She’s just making things worse by a…

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  Xavier Becerra · [email protected]

July 15, 2020 at 12:38 AM

NEW win: Trump just ditched his dangerous plan to deport students

Breaking News: Politico: “Trump administration drops plan to deport international students in online-only classes” Team,    We’re winning. After mounting public pressure and our lawsuit to block this dangerous policy, the Trump administration just DROPPED its threat to deport intern…

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  Team Becerra · [email protected]

July 13, 2020 at 10:29 PM

Add your name: Stop Betsy DeVos' illegal handout to private schools

Team,    LAST WEEK: Xavier sued Secretary Betsy DeVos to block her plan to divert pandemic relief aid away from public school children and give those funds to elite private schools.      TODAY: We’re asking you to sign your name next to Xavier’s in opposing this DeVos attempt to div…

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  Team Becerra · [email protected]

July 10, 2020 at 10:07 PM

Fwd: Lawsuit #86

Team,    Did you see our email yesterday? Late last night Xavier sued President Trump for the 86th time.    He’s taking ICE to court for threatening to deport international students who are unable to attend in-person college classes during this pandemic.   This new policy is just …

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  [email protected] · [email protected]

July 10, 2020 at 1:41 AM

Trump is breaking the law. We just sued him -- again.

Team,    We’re not slowing down. After we filed our 85th lawsuit against President Trump earlier this week, Xavier just announced another new lawsuit to stop Trump’s plan to deport international students.    The President wants to deport future doctors, nurses, and scientists if they…

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  Xavier Becerra · [email protected]

July 8, 2020 at 11:19 PM

News: California files 85th lawsuit against Trump

Team,    Again and again, President Trump tries to steal from low-income communities and give to the rich.   The latest example: Under Secretary Betsy DeVos, the Trump administration is trying to siphon away pandemic relief funds from public schools and give them to private instituti…

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  Team Becerra · [email protected]

July 7, 2020 at 8:11 PM

Right-wing organization says Obamacare is a "cancer"

Add your name: Oppose the latest right-wing attack on our healthcare»   Team,    In our Supreme Court fight defending the entire Affordable Care Act, six right-wing organizations recently submitted arguments supporting President Trump and Texas in their quest to rip away our healthc…

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  Team Becerra · [email protected]

July 3, 2020 at 6:08 PM

Add your name to oppose Trump's clean air rollbacks

Team,    As we celebrate Independence Day this weekend, many of us may be outside with our families safely enjoying the fresh air. But for some communities, the air will be anything but clean.    The Trump administration has recently doubled-down on policies that make air pollutio…

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  Team Becerra · [email protected]

July 2, 2020 at 7:50 PM

Add your name: Let uninsured Americans get health insurance

Team,    We are more than 5 months into the coronavirus crisis and President Trump is still refusing to open a special enrollment period to help uninsured Americans get the health coverage they need.    This isn’t right — and we must take action:    Add your name: Mr. President, le…

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  Xavier Becerra · [email protected]

June 30, 2020 at 5:12 PM

84 lawsuits against the President

Team,    President Trump is losing. And we’re not talking about his bleak poll numbers. Trump is losing in court.    In recent days, the President lost to us at the Supreme Court on DACA — protecting 650,000 Dreamers from deportation — and he lost on the border wall, with a court aff…

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  Team Becerra · [email protected]

June 29, 2020 at 9:05 PM

Trump: "Obamacare is a joke"

Team,    You can’t make this up. During our nation’s worst public health crisis in over 100 years, President Trump is urging the Supreme Court to destroy the Affordable Care Act — and now he’s calling the life-saving law a “joke” while lying about his effort to end protections for pre-…

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  [email protected] · [email protected]

June 27, 2020 at 12:16 AM

Just in: LA Times: "Trump broke the law by using military money for border wall"

Team,    This is big — Xavier just secured another victory against President Trump, blocking his illegal money grab for a wasteful border wall:    Developing Story:  Los Angeles Times: “Trump broke the law by using military money for border wall, appeals court rules” We’re fighting…

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  Team Becerra · [email protected]

June 26, 2020 at 12:24 AM

Re: healthcare

Team, Did you see our email? Trump is expected to file his argument by midnight tonight to destroy the Affordable Care Act. Xavier is headed to the Supreme Court to stop him. Team: Can you chip in $5? Stand with Xavier as he takes on — and beats — President Trump. Healthcare protec…

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  Team Becerra · [email protected]

June 24, 2020 at 10:53 PM

Trump: "We want to terminate healthcare"

 New York Times: “[Tomorrow] the White House is expected to file legal briefs asking the Supreme Court to put an end to the program popularly known as Obamacare.” Team,    No, you didn’t read that wrong — during the worst public health crisis in over 100 years, President Trump is ex…

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  Team Becerra · [email protected]

June 23, 2020 at 10:08 PM

Add your name: Stand up to racism and discrimination

The Hill: “Trump refers to coronavirus as 'kung flu' during Tulsa rally”  Team,   Words matter. Especially when they come from the President of the United States.    At his latest rally, President Trump again fanned racial flames — calling the coronavirus the “Chinese plague” and…

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  Team Becerra · [email protected]

June 21, 2020 at 9:47 PM

MSNBC's Chris Hayes: "The man who... beat Trump: Xavier Becerra"

Team,    Trump isn’t wasting any time after Xavier’s landmark DACA win at the Supreme Court — which affirmed the right of hundreds of thousands of Dreamers to keep living and working in our communities.   At his rally last night, Trump said that he intends to “refile” his plan to …

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  Xavier Becerra · [email protected]

June 18, 2020 at 6:05 PM

We won [DACA victory!]

Team,    We just won our DACA lawsuit at the Supreme Court.    The promise of America lives on: If you work hard and play by the rules, you deserve a chance to get ahead. Today, justice prevailed for every Dreamer who has worked hard to help build our country.    We are beating Tr…

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  Xavier Becerra · [email protected]

June 17, 2020 at 11:31 PM

Banning chokeholds + much more

Team,    Right now, our nation has been called to reckon with police brutality against people of color and the systemic failures that cause and allow this misconduct to perpetuate. We must take action — and we must do so now. That’s why this week I announced a broad plan for police re…

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  Team Becerra · [email protected]

June 16, 2020 at 11:13 PM

Is our country better off now than before Trump?

Team,    5 years ago today, Donald Trump rode down his gold-plated escalator and announced his presidential campaign. We’ve got to ask: Is our country better off now than before he moved to Washington?    Trying to rip away our healthcare. Failing to lead during a public health an…

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  Xavier Becerra · [email protected]

June 16, 2020 at 12:42 AM

CBS News: Trump erases healthcare protections for transgender patients during Pride Month

CBS News: Trump administration erases healthcare protections for transgender patients during Pride Month   Team,   During Pride Month and amid a pandemic, President Trump just finalized his rule to rollback healthcare protections for LGBTQ people, women, and other Americans.   …

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  Team Becerra · [email protected]

June 11, 2020 at 10:33 PM

Add your name: Don't rip away healthcare coverage from communities of color

Team,   There’s a grim reality hidden in plain sight within the Republican crusade to destroy the Affordable Care Act: Communities of color could be hit the hardest at a time when they are already disproportionately impacted by this pandemic.   Millions of people of color have gai…

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  Team Becerra · [email protected]

June 11, 2020 at 12:45 AM

Our firewall against Trump

Team,    Ignore the polls. We simply can’t afford to take November for granted — the stakes are just too high.   If Trump gets a second term, just imagine what our country could look like. Democratic Attorneys General like Xavier are the last line of defense against a lawless admin…

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  Team Becerra · [email protected]

June 6, 2020 at 11:30 PM

News: California undertakes review of Bay Area police department

Team,    George Floyd’s death didn’t happen in a vacuum — it’s a symptom of the collective failing of our criminal justice system to adequately stand up for people of color. We have to do better.   Yesterday, we took another step in the fight for racial justice: Xavier announced a…

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  Xavier Becerra · [email protected]

June 5, 2020 at 5:44 PM

We have work to do

Team,   The killing of George Floyd has rocked our country to the core.   Nothing we do can return his life and take away the pain his family and our communities carry. Justice must be served.   It’s 2020, not 1920, yet still, in America, racism in its many forms persists.   W…

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