While Senate Democrats are being questioned about how they intend to fight back against the new Donald Trump administration, state leaders are stepping up. Connecticut Attorney General William Tong told MSNBC on Wednesday that he refuses to be intimidated by unconstitutional executive orders and threats from the Justice Department.

Attorney General William Tong says he's prepared to oppose Trump's top priorities, while other Connecticut officials have been more conciliatory.

Connecticut's U.S. senators and attorney general felt the executive orders President Donald Trump discussed at his inauguration Monday, including immigration, gender and renaming the Gulf of Mexico, are a distraction.

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Cracking down on illegal immigration has long been President Donald Trump's promise for Day 1 of his presidency, and as the country awaited the president's signature on a series of executive orders that would reshape federal policy,