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Ezra Klein: “In California, there actually was subsidized government…”

Featuring: Ezra Klein, Liberal | New York Times Columnist and Podcast Host | National

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How Gavin Newsom Became the Democrats' 2028 Frontrunner | The Ezra Klein Show

Published | Video Starts at 1:12:01

One of the other things I hear people worry about with you as a sort of leading voice in the Democratic Party the most is you've taken a series of positions that Trump tries to attach to Democrats, often wrongly, under your leadership. In California, there actually was subsidized government healthcare for undocumented immigrants. There was a big push to, let's call it, phase out cars with internal combustion engines. Absolutely. Yeah. These are the kinds of things. Right. Our Democrats are running away from. (1:12:01–1:12:07)

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Asserts that California provided subsidized government healthcare to undocumented immigrants.

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