Gavin Newsom: “240 books and titles were banned last year in this country.”

“Needs to be called out. I've been trying to do what I can on that. I mean, be candid. That's why I've been calling out all these book bands. 4, 240 books and titles were banned last year in this country. I mean, we're censoring, you know, speech in the boardroom, not just in the classroom. You got. Folks are rewriting history. You've talked a lot about that, but on both sides of the aisle.” (04:12–04:18)

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