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As Trump makes executive orders, where are California's Dems?
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Jan 31, 2017
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As Trump makes executive orders, where are California's Dems?
They're united in opposing Trump's measures, but there isn't a clear way they can counter the President.
U.S. Senator-elect Kamala Harris, flanked by Long Beach Mayor Richard Garcia, holds her first post-election press conference at the headquarters of the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles.
U.S. Senator-elect Kamala Harris, flanked by Long Beach Mayor Richard Garcia, holds her first post-election press conference at the headquarters of the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles.
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They're united in opposing Trump's measures, but there isn't a clear way they can counter the President.

Life is moving pretty fast right for all of us right now, but especially if you're trying to follow everything coming out of the White House since Donald Trump took office.

He keeps churning out executive orders almost as fast as the Golden State Warriors put up three-point shots.

But are Capitol Hill's Democrats trying to block those shots? Although with Republicans controlling Congress, it's not as if the Dems can really do much to stop most of what the new President plans to do.

Marisa Lagos, political reporter for KQED, joins Take Two to walk us through what California's Democratic delegation has been saying and doing in the face of Trump's moves.