California Takes ‘Good Cop/Bad Cop’ Approach to President Trump

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🗓️ 26 February 2025

⏱️ 57 minutes

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California Attorney General Rob Bonta has filed a host of lawsuits against the Trump administration, as Governor Gavin Newsom tries to stay in Trump’s good graces to safeguard federal disaster aid. It could be a good cop-bad cop strategy from the state, says KQED’s politics team, who join us to talk about how the Trump administration is shaping state politics. We’ll also look at who might be eyeing the governorship to replace termed-out Newsom — and whether former vice president Kamala Harris could enter the race. Guests: Guy Marzorati, correspondent, KQED's California Politics and Government Desk Marisa Lagos, politics correspondent, KQED; co-host, KQED's Political Breakdown Scott Shafer, senior editor, KQED’s California Politics and Government Desk; co-host, Political Breakdown Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:09.0	From KQED. From KQED in San Francisco, I'm Mina Kim. Coming up on forum, we catch up on state political news.
1:31.4	California Attorney General Rob Bonta has filed a host of lawsuits against the Trump administration
1:35.7	as Governor Newsom tries to stay in Trump's good graces to safeguard federal disaster aid.
1:41.7	It could be a good cop, bad cop strategy from the state, according to KQED's
1:45.9	politics team, who joins us to talk about how the Trump administration is shaping state politics.
1:51.8	We'll also look at who might be eyeing the governorship to replace termed-out Gavin Newsom.
1:57.4	Kamala Harris, perhaps? Who would you want as California's next governor? Join us. Thank you. Kamala Harris, perhaps. Who would you want as California's next governor? Join us.
2:06.9	Welcome to Forum. I'm Mina Kim. As House Republicans pass a federal budget that makes deep cuts to programs California relies on,
2:18.8	and as federal disaster aid hangs in the balance, I'm here with KQED's politics and government team
2:23.7	to unpack how the Trump administration is shaping state politics in Blue California.
2:29.5	Here's Long Beach Congressman Robert Garcia.
2:31.5	We want to make sure that we're fighting fire with fire.
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