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Thu Nov 14, 2024, 02:52 PM Thursday

Four areas where Trump's policies and WA's priorities could clash

In the runup to Election Day, Donald Trump had kind words for Washington state.

“I have so many friends in the great state of Washington or Washington state. Any way you want to say it? We say it lots of different ways. But it’s the same great place. It’s an incredible place,” he said during a call to build support for now-defeated Republican congressional candidate Jerrod Sessler.

He also suggested that Washington is “getting a little more conservative every year,” adding: “They’ve had some problems out there that they wouldn’t have with more conservative values.”

Now that he’s president-elect, Trump and his Republican allies are staking out a platform that would move the country in a sharply different direction, one that would be at odds with many of the priorities of the Democratic-controlled state government here in Washington.

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https://washingtonstatestandard.com/2024/11/13/four-areas-where-trumps-policies-and-was-priorities-could-clash/

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