Gavin Newsom: “Here's someone who tried to break this country, tried to…”

“If they can't win playing the game with the existing set of rules, they'll change the rules. That's what Donald Trump has done. He's dialing for seats familiar because he dialed for votes in the last election. Here's someone who tried to break this country, tried to light democracy on fire on January 6th. He recognizes he's going to lose in the midterms. And we have the opportunity to de facto end the Trump presidency in less than 18 months.” (21:50–21:57)

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