Jared Polis on why Colorado bucked trend for Democrats: ‘What can we do to get government out of the way?’

Governor, who has praised pick of Robert F Kennedy Jr for health secretary, says he is open to working with Trump

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.