Gavin Newsom: “At times in our history, we may have been wrong. Sometimes…”

“But what they did was an idea. That's what they had. Ordinary people with an idea that believed that they were fit to govern themselves. That's the miracle of America. At times in our history, we may have been wrong. Sometimes we've been cruel and we've fallen short of our own words. But we have never stopped reaching for that idea. Every generation, every generation, that promise is carried down the road. Seneca carried it, Selma carried it, and now it's in our hands.” (07:22–07:31)

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