WA attorney general to address Trump’s ‘illegal power grabs’ at Tri-Cities town hall
Washington Attorney General Nick Brown is expected to highlight his work challenging some Trump Administration actions when he visits the Tri-Cities later this month for a town hall hosted by the state Democratic Party.
The event will be free and open to the public. It’s set for 6 p.m. Monday, July 14, at HAPO Center in Pasco.
“The People’s Town Hall will focus on the Trump Administration’s illegal power grabs, ongoing threats to democracy and what Washington state is doing to fight back against Washington, D.C.,” read the event announcement.
The AG will deliver prepared remarks and take questions from the public. Franklin County Democrats Chair Ana Ruiz Kennedy and 16th Legislative District Chair Jeff Strickler are also set to speak and more panelists are to be named.
Brown was first elected attorney general in November. He previously served as U.S. Attorney for Western Washington and as general counsel for former Gov. Jay Inslee.
His office has filed dozens of lawsuits in recent months challenging the White House. Brown himself has taken a lead role among Democratic state attorney generals as a challenger of Trump’s policies and executive orders, having sued over the Republican president’s efforts to end birthright citizenship, cut funding for federal agencies and end gender-affirming care.
On Tuesday alone, Brown’s office announced a pair of new multi-state lawsuits Washington was joining. One challenged Health and Human Services’ decision to share Medicaid data with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and another involving cuts for mental health funding in K-12 schools.
Brown has said Trump’s actions have put the nation on the “precipice of a constitutional crisis.” His dogged efforts against the Republican president closely mirror the work of his predecessor — former AG and current Gov. Bob Ferguson — during the first Trump term.
