Gavin Newsom: “Dennis Kearney, who was sort of the original Trump, began…”

“And you know, so much of that comes from, you know, the embers of that are very familiar to folks out here in the Bay Area. You know, I remember the, what I would refer to unfairly, I would admit this guy, Dennis Kearney, who was sort of the original Trump, began and ended every speech by saying, whatever else we do, the Chinese must go. And they were building virtual walls to keep the Chinese out. And of course, the beginning of the Chinese Exclusion act ultimately came out of the Bay Area and some of those movements.” (01:06–01:20)

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