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Gavin Newsom: “I got into college, only got into a four year college…”

Featuring: Gavin Newsom, Democratic | Governor of California

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Published June 6, 2025 | Video Starts at 11:31

And it's, I, I hate to see that. Yeah, well, which I got four young kids, all athletes, wife who was play for the junior national soccer team. I got into college, only got into a four year college because of, of sports. And it, it's many ways the reason I'm here. So I deeply appreciate how resonant this issue and passionate this issue is at the same time. (11:31–11:38)

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Asserts that sports were the reason he got into a four-year college.

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