Gov. Gavin Newsom is pleading with his Democratic friends in Washington to help the Golden State prepare its defenses for Trump 2.0.
The governor is in Washington to lobby the outgoing Biden-Harris administration over a series of last-minute funding decisions and federal waiver extensions before President-elect Donald Trump takes office in January.
Trump has already lashed out at Newsom and California officials over the effort to “Trump-proof” the state, and the former president has a history of using the Oval Office to punish California by withholding or threatening to claw back funding.
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Now, Newsom has two months to build a firewall.
