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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Rachel Leingang

Jared Polis, who praised Trump’s pick of RFK Jr, on why he’s willing to work with incoming president

a man speaks into a microphone backed by flags of Colorado
Governor Jared Polis: ‘We’ve really leaned into what I often call a prosperity agenda.’ Photograph: Philip B Poston/AP

Despite launching a governors’ group focused on safeguarding democracy during Donald Trump’s second term, Governor Jared Polis of Colorado said the coalition wasn’t about Trump, a president he’s willing to work with on several key issues.

In recent days, Polis, a Democrat, also praised Trump’s pick of Robert F Kennedy Jr for secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, an unexpected endorsement from a governor of a blue state that bucked the national trend and largely moved to the left in the election.

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