Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) on Tuesday dismissed the Trump administration’s proposal to auction off oil and gas drilling rights along the West Coast as “dead on arrival.”

The governor’s press office took it a step further on social media : “Donnie [a nickname for President Donald Trump ], if you’re going to open up America’s coasts, why skip your own backyard at Mar-a-Lago?”

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This plan is dead on arrival.

Donnie, if you’re going to open up America’s coasts, why skip your own backyard at Mar-a-Lago? https://t.co/JFfw0g1ef4 — Go

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