On Tuesday, the governor responded to the U.S. attorney general’s recent letter demanding that Washington drop its sanctuary policies.

"You are hereby notified that Washington state will not be bullied or intimidated by threats and legally baseless accusations," Gov. Bob Ferguson wrote.

Attorney General Pam Bondi said that the DOJ had issued more than 20 subpoenas to doctors and clinics that it claimed “mutilated children in the service of a warped ideology.” The subpoenas arrived at hospitals in states that had banned gender-affirming care, as well as those that had not.