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Gavin Newsom: “Democracy is at stake.”

Featuring: Gavin Newsom, Democratic | Governor of California

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Full Interview with Gov. Gavin Newsom | The California Agenda: Sacramento Summit

Published | Video Starts at 52:30

… with an executive order and some emergency rubric, that these governors are going to have to move. We're going to need to see other governors move in a similar direction. Democracy is at stake. You're calling on them to. I'm not calling on them because that comes across as patronizing and obnoxious. These are good people. They know right and from wrong. (52:30–52:33)

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Asserts that democracy is at risk, implying the importance of political actions and decisions.

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