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Gavin Newsom: “He's coming after books and knowledge. He's rewriting…”

Featuring: Gavin Newsom, Democratic | Governor of California

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Governor Gavin Newsom Criticizes Trump's Federalization of National Guard in California

Published | Video Starts at 13:22

Actions of this president is complete lawlessness, threatening impeachment of judges that disagree with him, going after knowledge broadly, the cultural purge, institutions of higher learning. It's the conveyor belt for talents. The reason this country is so. Is successful as it is. He's coming after books and knowledge. He's rewriting history, censoring historical facts. I mean, Hexig's so weak, he can't even allow the kids at West Point to read books from. You know, I know Toni Morrison. Yeah, he's banned. (13:22–13:28)

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