Gov. Gavin Newsom and California’s congressional Democrats met privately for an hour Wednesday to map out what they expect to be an ugly, uphill fight against President-elect Donald Trump’s anticipated efforts to roll back liberal policies in California.

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.

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