On Thursday, President Donald Trump signed three resolutions into law that will keep the state of California from slapping a vehicle emissions rule that was designed to ban gas powered cars and promote electric vehicles. Which, by the way, are so expensive the average person can’t afford them.
The measure signed by the president will block the waiver given to the state by former President Joe Biden’s Environmental Protection Agency. It allowed the state to create strict emission standards and prohibit folks from owning gas-powered cars by the year 2035.
President Trump signed two other measures that ban the Golden State from setting those stringent emission standards on heavy-duty vehicles and nitrogen oxide pollution from trucks.
“Under the previous administration, the federal government gave left-wing radicals in California dictatorial powers to control the future of the entire car industry, all over the country, all over the world,” Trump stated, according to The Washington Examiner.
Trump campaigned on rolling back policies that favor the EV industry, and his administration has moved to reverse regulations and standards that help boost the sector. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, Energy Secretary Chris Wright, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin, and several lawmakers joined Trump in the White House for the signing ceremony.
“I’m all for electric,” Trump went on to say. “You should be given the option to buy electric, buy a gasoline-powered car, buy a hybrid.”
For those liberals who are puzzled by this statement, having heard it essentially come out as a foreign language, the president is talking about freedom of choice. This is supposedly a principle you hold to, but only when it comes to killing pre-born babies.
The three measures were passed through the Congressional Review Act, a legislative tool for repealing federal regulations by avoiding a filibuster and voting by a simple majority. A regulation that has been repealed through the CRA cannot be reproposed. Republicans’ attempts to reverse the waivers have faced resistance from Democrats, including Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA), who has said his state would pursue legal action against the administration.
“Trump’s all-out assault on California continues – and this time he’s destroying our clean air and America’s global competitiveness in the process,” Newsom commented in a statement. “We are suing to stop this latest illegal action by a President who is a wholly-owned subsidiary of big polluters.”
Just moments after President Trump signed the three measures, California Attorney General Rob Bonta revealed the state has filed a lawsuit against the administration.
“The resolutions Trump signed Wednesday are the subject of some legal uncertainty. Before Congress passed the resolutions, the Government Accountability Office said the waiver given to California was not subject to repeal via the CRA,” the article concluded.
🚨 JUST IN – IT’S OFFICIAL: President Trump, by LAW, revokes California’s ban on gas cars.
This is a huge loss for the radical environmentalist left.
GAS CARS will REMAIN!
“Lower prices, better cars, and CHOICE.” pic.twitter.com/Iv4whcUX8g
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) June 12, 2025
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