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Gavin Newsom: “Back then, I ran as the conservative.”

Featuring: Gavin Newsom, Democratic | Governor of California

Conversation Between Gavin Newsom and Michael Savage on Politics, Health, and Society

Published March 12, 2025 | Video Starts at 01:41

Come on. Old Irish Catholic, west side of San Francisco. And by the way, I remember. You remember this back in the day. That's why you probably shook my hand. Back then, I ran as the conservative. Right. I don't remember. Honestly, I don't know what you ran as. I know that the city was. Look, I came here in 74. I'm an immigrant to San Francisco. (01:41–01:44)

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Asserts that [Gavin Newsom] ran as a conservative in a past election.

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“California had 37,000 mental health beds. Today 5,500.”
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“We had 51 launches last year, which is a record since 1974.”
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“We [California] have been focused on all the issues around ultra processed food, free meals, nutritious meals, focusing on farm to fork…”
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“We've known each other over the course, on and off for a couple decades now.”
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“Where [people] felt our party was complicit in terms of creating those conditions [related to gender assignment surgeries for minors].”
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“I did quote, unquote, the Skittles ban a couple years ago.”
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“We do. California hall of Fame.”
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“California, we put down almost 400, 394 National Guards since the week I first became governor to supplement and support customs and border…”
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“The vast majority of middle class taxpayers pay less than they do in California middle class than they do in states like Texas.”
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“We haven't raised your taxes the 1% since 2011.”
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“Illegal aliens voting in the state [California] is illegal.”
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“No income tax increases under my governorship, I've opposed them.”
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“Did $5 million of ads to stop Proposition 30, which was a tax increase run by corporations in the Bay Area.”
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“Oppose the wealth tax in California.”
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“We believe that every vote counts. So we want to make sure every vote is counted because of the provisional ballots.”
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“We do all mail in ballots.”
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“The campfire where I originally was with President Trump as governor elect. Walking there, 85 people lost their lives.”
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“FEMA has rules and regulations that are overseen by Congress and obviously the distribution of those funds.”
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