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Gavin Newsom

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Gavin Christopher Newsom is an American politician and businessman currently serving as the 40th governor of California, a position he has held since January 2019. A member of the Democratic Party, Newsom previously served as the mayor of San Francisco from 2004 to 2011 and as the lieutenant governor of California from 2011 to 2019. His tenure as governor has been marked by significant policy initiatives, including efforts to address climate change, housing affordability, and healthcare reform.

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Sep 13, 2021

What makes California great is that we can live together and advance together, and prosper together across every conceivable difference.

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Sep 13, 2021

That is on the ballot. Think about this, we have someone on the other side of this ballot that thinks women are not as smart as men.

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Sep 13, 2021

What that sends -- what that message sends to the United States people all across this country that vote somehow doesn`t matter, that this whole thing is rigged. I mean, they are quite literally trying to dismantle democracy and trust in…

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Sep 12, 2021

Think about the judges that will be appointed. Think about all those line item vetoes. I mean, who would have Larry Elder or any of these others appointed to replace Kamala Harris to the US Senate? Think about what that would have meant to…

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Sep 9, 2021

The recall itself is nothing more than a Republican power grab organized by right-wing activists and financed by wealthy conservative donors.

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Sep 6, 2021

Let me be explicit. Either we vote no on this recall, or in a matter of weeks. The next governor of the state of California is Larry Elder.

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Sep 6, 2021

Our approach to this pandemic we believe is save lives. Their approach, we quite literally believe will impact not only the public health in the state, but impact our economic recovery.

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Sep 6, 2021

Racial justice is on the ballot. Economic justice is on the ballot. Social justice is on the ballot.

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Sep 2, 2021

It shouldn`t surprise any of you that this recall is part of an extended narrative that started with a big lie. Extended to the insurrection of January 6th. Extends to the voter suppression laws you`ve seen all across the country. And yes…

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Sep 1, 2021

If you don’t believe in science, got to believe your own eyes. Come here and experience the Smash Mouth realities of climate change taking shape in real time.

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Sep 1, 2021

Homes can be rebuilt. People’s lives can never be brought back.

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Sep 1, 2021

His model is Texas and Florida and Mississippi. And I hope people pause and just consider the life-and-death consequences of that decision. We have among the lowest positivity rates in America. They have the highest positivity rates in…

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Aug 11, 2021

We think this is the right thing to do. And we think this is a sustainable way to keeping our schools open, and to address the number one anxiety that parents like myself have for young children. And that is knowing that the schools are…

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Jun 6, 2021

A slap in the face to the families who`ve lost loved ones to this weapon.

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May 26, 2021

What the hell is going on in United States of America? the hell`s wrong with us? And when are we going to come to grips with this? When are we going to put down our arms literally and figuratively our politics, stale rhetoric, finger…

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May 25, 2021

It begs the damn question, what the hell is going on and even United States of America. What the hell is wrong with us?

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May 25, 2021

To the victims, to those who have lost their lives and the families, lost their loved ones, yes, our hearts go out, but we are resolved to not make this meaningless but to bring meaning at this tragic moment in our state and our nation's…

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May 25, 2021

Here we are in the United States of America, we are experiencing something just is not experienced anywhere else in the world. There's a sameness to this. And that numbness, I think is something we're all feeling. But it begs the damn…

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May 25, 2021

It begs the question, what the hell is wrong with us? It’s time to deal with the endemic before this pandemic of gun violence.

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Mar 15, 2021

His campaign launching a website and splashy ad called stop the Republican recall. Linking the recall organizers to those who tried to overturn the presidential election.

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Mar 15, 2021

It's been a difficult year in hindsight, you know, we're all experts. The reality is it was about a year ago was a year ago this week. California was the first state to initiate a stay at home order. I think we save thousands and thousands…

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