“Let me be clear: We will defend everybody — every man, woman and child — who has come here and contributed to the well-being of our state,” Brown said. “California is not turning back. Not now, not ever.”

While Brown did not mention Trump by name, his influence was present throughout the short address.

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“This morning it is hard for me to keep my thoughts just on California,” he said. “The recent election and inauguration of a new president have shown deep divisions across America.”

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Brown pointed to what he called “disturbing” signs coming from Washington.

“We have seen the bald assertion of ‘alternative facts,’” Brown said, pointing to a comment made by Trump adviser Kellyanne Conway about easily disproved claims the White House made about the size of the crowds at Trump’s inauguration.

“We have heard the blatant attacks on science. Familiar signposts of our democracy — truth, civility, working together — have been obscured or swept aside.”

Brown urged lawmakers in Sacramento to work across the aisle and said that there is one place where he and Trump agree — that California and the nation’s infrastructure needs to be fixed.