California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) on Tuesday said he’s still “stunned” by the eight senators who voted with Republicans to reopen the government, a deal his office previously called a “surrender.”

After holding a rally in Houston last week to tout California’s redistricting measure’s victory and criticize Texas Republicans’ own move to redrew district maps, Newsom attended the COP30 UN Climate Conference in Belém, Brazil. There, he told The Associated Press that at his “core, I’m stunned.”

“I’m not coming in to punch anybody in the face, but I’m not pleased that, in the face of this invasive species that is Donald Trump, who’s completely changed the rules of the game, that we’re still playing by the old rules of the game,” the West Coast Democrat said.

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    20 hours ago

    You can out chicken a party that have zero empathy and actively hates the poor. Things were past the 30 day point and still republicans didnt give a fuck or care to negotiate. Trump is so senile he doesnt even know what’s happening.

    Dems got their messaging win, they made their point, they won elections and got another year of assistance for the people who need it. Which runs out right before midterms.