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Gavin Newsom: “20 states now across this country that keep their minimum…”

Featuring: Gavin Newsom, Democratic | Governor of California

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LIVE: California Gov. Gavin Newsom delivers final State of the State address

Published | Video Starts at 21:35

But there's some of you probably thinking. Well, that's just too bad. We should be like Alabama, maybe South Carolina, maybe like Tennessee. 20 states now across this country that keep their minimum wage at $7.25. Hasn'T. Been raised in nearly two decades. The federal minimum wage. Try to pay rent, try to raise a family, try to pay for an education on $7.25 an hour. (21:35–21:41)

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Asserts that 20 states in the U.S. maintain a minimum wage of $7.25.

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