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Gavin Newsom: “Almost the exact same amount they withheld on Medicaid in…”

Featuring: Gavin Newsom, Democratic | Governor of California

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Governor Newsom highlights key investments in firefighting technology

Published | Video Starts at 1:03:13

Look at the Pentagon supplemental request and fraud. The great grift, the Qatari plane that includes almost a billion dollars of your taxpayer money. A billion dollars, by the way, Almost the exact same amount they withheld on Medicaid in California. to go to pay for his private plane that he'll be taking with him to the foundation when he leaves that can't even fly because it's not even safe. (1:03:13–1:03:18)

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