Katie Porter

Like it's you or the Republicans.

Persuade me.

And it's statewide.

It feels a little bit more like.

Tell me what to do.

And I think, like, we need to flex our political muscles and look at candidates and listen to them and think about what the moment calls for and make choices.

And I think Californians are a little bit out of practice at that.

Well, I would definitely head to D.C.

And one of the things I would head there for is not just Trump, but to meet with the congressional delegation.

Because I saw this when I was in Congress.

Our state government, whether that's the governor or the legislature in California, needs a much tighter partnership with our congressional delegation.

Because our biggest problems here, like housing, are not the biggest priorities of our congressional delegation.

That's a mismatch.

So definitely go to D.C.,

In terms of Trump, like, I think you always start out – I knocked on a lot of doors in Huntington Beach and I would approach Trump the same way I approached a Huntington Beach voter.

Hi, I'm Katie Porter.

And see where it goes from there.

Because if you can have a productive relationship, I'm not real confident it's going to last given what Trump's doing.

But I took Governor Newsom's advice here to be –

Get a positive thing going for as long as you possibly can.