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California Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom vowed this week that he would stop a reported Trump administration effort to unleash energy production off California’s coast in a social media post that was widely criticized by conservatives and experts who spoke to Fox News Digital.

"Dead on arrival," Newsom said in a post on X on Tuesday in response to a Washington Post article reporting that Trump officials are mulling plans to propose oil drilling off California’s coast "for the first time in decades."

Newsom’s post, viewed over 3 million times, drew quick pushback from conservatives.

"Dead on arrival" is what @GavinNewsom says about Trump proposal to drill offshore California," ophthalmologist and commentator Houman Davi

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