Gavin Newsom cast President Donald Trump’s tariffs as “one of the most self-destructive things that we've experienced in modern American history” on Wednesday as he touted California’s lawsuit against several of the levies in the state’s agriculture-heavy Central Valley.

“Trump’s tariffs are the single largest tax increase in our lifetime, and they’re jamming Californians with higher prices on groceries, medicine and cars,” said Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas, D-Hollister, in a statement. “We’re protecting our residents — and all American families — from unlawful economic chaos.”