San Francisco – All over California, there is no better political launch pad than the Attorney General’s Office.
As the state’s top police officer and its chief consumer advocate, the attorney general lives in the best position for the election. California voters Often commit crimes and Jealous of their citizens’ protection.
There are several people who are in the job, including Jerry Brown and His father Pat, Fly directly to the governor. Kamala Harris role play Entering the U.S. Senate seat final, Vice President. (She is partly why Selected by Joe Biden Once was Harris’s relationship with his late son Bohe served as Delaware Attorney General for a period of time. )
Current office holder Rob Bonta seems to be Bidding for the Governor of California in 2026until he Take yourself from running And announced that he would seek re-election.
Bonta, as attorney general, said that having breakfast in San Francisco recently, “It makes sense and meaningful on normal days. On abnormal days, The president who threatens democracythe rule of law and the constitution, which is very important. ”
Bonta, he has attended several parties A lawsuit seeking to control Trumpsaid the fight against his gangster elephant government was personal in some ways.
He talked about his father’s involvement Civil Rights Movement Life with his parents Philippine dictatorship. He mentioned the two daughters, who were married in Brazil, and expressed concern about whether same-sex marriage would be retained Legal in the United States.
But first, Bonta talked about his decision to abandon the governor after giving the campaign a long and cautious thought.
Bonta says he started weighing the game Win the election for the whole semester As attorney general in November 2022 (Bonta is Appointed by Gov. Gavin Newsom March 2021, fill the remaining vacancy when Xavier Becerra Become a Secretary of Health and Public Services In Biden’s drug delivery. )
Birds fly. Fish swimming. As Bonta said, politicians: “Look down, what’s next.”
With Newsom being called rare Governor’s Open Competition Bonta no Consider running. He conducted a poll. He discussed staffing and fundraising activities. He thought about what his message might be, Other candidates and potential candidates.
Things have changed Harris lost the White House – Not only because it is possible She can compete in the governor’s competition And immediately become a favorite to win.
If Harris is in the White House, the state will have a “great companion who loves California and knows what our concerns and needs are.” He said working hand in hand with a president to work to successfully resolve our problems in California, he said , which is very attractive. ”
Instead, there is a possible dictator in this country Mount Whitney hates Californiatry to establish yourself King Donald is the first.
Once it’s obvious [approach] Yes and Actions he will take “I want to stay” as Attorney General, Bonta said.
A waitress came and went. Bonta, who Intermittent fasting And try not to eat before noon and stick to black coffee.
He said it was the circular nature of his legal battle with Trump and his unprecedented power grab for the thwarting willful president.
Bonta was born in the Philippines, his mother’s country, and she and Bonta’s father were natives from Ventura County and were missionaries at the time.
“They have to make a very important decision, which is probably the most important decision in my life.” Bonta said he was a 2-month-old who arrived in California. “They asked themselves if they could raise me in the Philippines and promised that I had things that were not negotiable to them: freedom, democracy, human rights, civil rights, rule of law, due process. Their answer is, no. ”
(As a child of a U.S. citizen, Bonta automatically becomes a U.S. citizen, so he has no personal shares The effort to stop Trump’s efforts Overturn the citizenship of the right to birth. )
Bonta His political career His father’s role as organizer of voting rights in the South and his parents’ work helped inspire California farm workers.
Funny thing: “I didn’t expect that in those decades I would be in public office, with a dictator who I came to flee from the rise of a country where dictatories.”
The other two questions were called home.
Bonta’s daughter Reina is a football professional who met her wife when they played together in Brazil. Two months after the proposal, they held a hurrying ceremony in Alameda to ensure they got married before Trump took office. “Who knows the future of marriage equality?” Bonta said.
He also wondered whether his daughter might one day be excluded from the United States.
Trump “willing to keep people who have been part of a very legal asylum program in the past. Some people who work side by side with the U.S. forces in other countries,” Bonta said. “It seems to be an attack on ‘other people’, but that’s defined. … Unfortunately, it is usually defined as if you are black or brown or not European descent.”
Starting with breakfast, Bonta heads to the California State Building in San Francisco to hear a hearing on judicial appointments.
except Burying Trump administration lawsuitthere are many things that can keep Bonta busy with his regular workload. He also held a re-election campaign. Although it seems likely to be a full deadline, it cannot be guaranteed.
And instead of canceling future bids for the governor, he used the door stop of this word to reveal the possibility: “Never say forever.”
Bonta has plenty of opportunities at the age of 52. In Trump, he currently has the perfect foil to be added to his political resume.
