As Republicans prepare to take over the White House, as well as both chambers of Congress, officials in Washington, D.C., are divided over a strategy to confront President-elect Donald Trump with a “resistance” mindset or find ways to work with him, the Washington Examiner reported on Wednesday.

This is considered especially important, because Republicans criticized the district on the campaign trail and members from both the House and Senate introduced legislation that would repeal home rule, leading to a growing sense of urgency among D.C. officials that they need to have a plan to push for statehood in place for whenever Democrats return to power.

“I think the next two years, the focus is going to be on defending home rule,” shadow Sen.-elect Ankit Jain told the Washington Examiner. “But I think we need to continue to work on statehood, because there’s going to be another election for Congress in two years and for president in four years, and when we have a better Congress and a better president, I want to make sure we’re ready to seize the opportunity to pass statehood.”

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