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Gavin Newsom: “5.5 [million Californians receive SNAP benefits].”

Featuring: Gavin Newsom, Democratic | Governor of California

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Gavin Newsom Addresses Threats To SNAP, California Redistricting, And More In New Interview

Published | Video Starts at 05:06

What the Democrats, though, have done, and I give Jeffries and Schumer tremendous credit, is they've galvanized people of all political stripes, rural, urban, suburban, on the … 5.5 [million Californians receive SNAP benefits]. … needs to act like the president, not just be president, he needs to do the job. So there are a lot of repercussions for this government shutdown. (05:06–05:17)

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