Matt Mahan

Look, I understand what the governor's doing.

He's been holding a mirror up to Donald Trump and both fighting for California's values, which I appreciate.

I think there's also just back to incentives.

I mean, he's running for president and that's where I think this approach is coming from.

I would take a different approach in the sense that

As governor focused on delivering for Californians, I will fight the Trump administration through the courts, through the bully pulpit whenever necessary to protect our values, to protect our people, to protect state funding.

I also think though that we need to find places where we can achieve

a win-win with the federal administration.

I'll give you the example that's top of mind for me.

I just spent time walking through Altadena, the Palisades, where people have lost everything.

Over 10,000 homes lost between the two.

People are desperate to rebuild.

They're not getting the help that they need.

And part of the reason they're not getting the help that they need is this hyper partisanship in which California and Washington are fighting rhetorically and politically

And the people who are being hurt are the families who have lost their homes, who are waiting on the $40 billion of federal aid that's been promised.

And that if it weren't for this political battle would have already flowed to help those neighborhoods rebuilt.

And I just, as governor, yeah, I will absolutely fight for our values, but I'm committed to fixing our problems, which means finding a way to make it a win for this president and this administration to rebuild Los Angeles.

We have to put the people before our politics.

Yes, unless they're committing serious and violent crime.

Look, if you're here, you're not documented, you're committing violent felonies, I think you should be deported.