Gavin Newsom: “He's received close to half a billion dollars in campaign…”

“In Washington D.C. he's trying to recreate the 19th century. He's a wholly owned subsidiary of Big Oil, Gas and Coal. He's quite literally reopening coal plants in the United States of America. He's received close to half a billion dollars in campaign contributions. He asked for 1 billion. Look it up. In return for basically eliminating all regulations in the United States of America de facto. He just did that yesterday with federal regulations and the endangerment finding.” (00:48–00:54)

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