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On the recordSeptember 15, 2021
I think about just in the last few days, and the former President put out saying this election was rigged. Democracy is not a football. You don’t throw it around. It’s more like, I don’t know, antique vase. You can drop it and it smashes into a million different pieces. And that’s what we’re capable of doing if you don’t stand up to meet the moment and push back.
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Gavin Newsom
Democratic · California
Source
msnbc.com

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Gavin Newsom warns about the dangers of undermining democracy, referencing Trump's claims about the election being rigged.

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