Gavin Newsom: “27% of the state [California] is foreign born.”

“… means to be an American, if its meaning is not to be a heritage, as they call it, American. I live in a state 27%. Just so people understand California, 27% of the state [California] is foreign born. It's a majority minority state. I mentioned the word pluralism before because we practice it. It's a word you don't hear a lot about. I think our strength is defined by that diversity.” (1:17:22–1:17:25)

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