Political Quotes

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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Nov 9, 2025

The rules have changed and we need to change.

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Nov 9, 2025

This is not normal times.

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Nov 9, 2025

It’s not about the rule of law. It’s about the rule of Don.

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Nov 9, 2025

I’ll be standing in for my kids and grandkids, for common sense, for, you know, our economic future.

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Nov 9, 2025

They’re not screwing around. They’re consolidating power.

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Nov 9, 2025

You can’t unilaterally disarm as other people are not playing by the rules.

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Nov 9, 2025

But you can’t do it state by state with one arm tied behind your back.

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Nov 9, 2025

I think just the energy that the delegation from Texas brought to the Democratic Party, to democracy as a whole, when they stood up and pushed back against (Texas Gov.) Greg Abbott and Donald Trump’s overreach … in many ways that was the…

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Nov 9, 2025

Clarity, conviction, purpose, energy. On our toes, not on our heels. A resurgent Democratic Party, and it’s a party that understands what’s at stake for our democracy.

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Nov 9, 2025

Represents a new moment

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Nov 7, 2025

Food benefits are now beginning to flow back to California families.

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Nov 6, 2025

Her courage and conviction to San Francisco, California, and our nation has set the standard for what public service should be.

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Nov 6, 2025

What we're experiencing is America in reverse.

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Nov 6, 2025

She has inspired generations and set the standard for what public service should be.

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Nov 6, 2025

Some people go off and they talk about the way the world should be, but they don’t do anything to damn manifest it.

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Nov 5, 2025

Law and order? This is chaos and confusion.

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Nov 5, 2025

Using our military to intimidate people you disagree with isn’t strength — it’s reckless, it’s disrespectful, and it’s beneath the office he holds

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Nov 5, 2025

It is not safe for people to drive on a major freeway at high speeds directly under LIVE MUNITIONS

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Nov 5, 2025

Proposition 50 shows that there is a will to resist the breakdown of democracy — and ways to fight.

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Nov 5, 2025

I will be asking for you to help others — states like Indiana, North Carolina, South Carolina and more are all trying to stop Republican mid-decade redistricting efforts.

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Nov 5, 2025

Let me underscore, it’s been a good evening — for everybody, not just the Democratic Party. But what a night for the Democratic Party.

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Nov 5, 2025

We haven’t reviewed the lawsuit, but if it’s from the California Republican Party and Harmeet Dhillon’s law firm, it’s going to fail.

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Nov 5, 2025

Weakness masquerading in strength

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Nov 5, 2025

We all must contribute a verse.

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Nov 5, 2025

It was not just a victory tonight for the Democratic Party. It was a victory for the United States of America, for the people of this country, the principles that our Founding Fathers lived and died for.

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