The Democratic governor tries to rally the nation around his state’s liberal values—even as many Democrats are moving in the opposite direction

California Gov. Gavin Newsom plans to meet with the Biden administration this week to discuss zero-emission vehicles and disaster relief — issues that have been targeted in the past by President-elect Donald Trump.

Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) made his way to the nation’s capital on Wednesday to lobby his state’s federal lawmakers and the outgoing Biden-Harris administration to help California prepare for President-elect Donald Trump’s second term.

Gov. Newsom is in Washington, D.C. this week to seek more protections for California policies before the Trump administration takes over.

In the eight days since Trump was elected president, Newsom has taken aggressive steps to combat any bids by the president-elect to deny the state needed federal funds, including calling a special session of the state Legislature that will begin next month to increase funding to the state Department of Justice to mount legal challenges to the incoming administration.

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Newsom released a short video Tuesday where he talks about his visit, which included a meeting with President Joe Biden.