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Gavin Newsom: “He's making a reflective case that both parties, not just…”

Featuring: Gavin Newsom, Democratic | Governor of California

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How Gavin Newsom Became the Democrats' 2028 Frontrunner | The Ezra Klein Show

Published | Video Starts at 44:18

And then you get under the hood and he's making a rational case for an industrial policy that's worker centered. He's making a rational case of critique and reflection about the WTO and nafta. He's making a reflective case that both parties, not just the Republican Party, but Democratic Party, was complicit in the hollowing out of our infrastructure and our manufacturing base. He's making the case for progressive taxes. I stopped him in the interview. I said, you quite literally made a more effective case for California's progressive tax policies than I or others have made. (44:18–44:27)

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Asserts that both major political parties were complicit in the decline of infrastructure and manufacturing.

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