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Gavin Newsom: “I'm a small business guy... 21 are small businesses, about a…”

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Newsom: We could lose the country in 2028

Published March 24, 2026 | Video Starts at 17:37

You knew, right? Yeah. But a lot of them live pretty substandard lives because they're chasing someone else's dream, not their own dream. Yes. … I'm a small business guy... 21 are small businesses, about a thousand employees at peak. … entrepreneurialism for small businesses. That really is part of my identity and politics, the other identity and both I've tried to merge in many respects that entrepreneurial mindset to the work I do in government. (17:37–17:52)

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Asserts that Gavin Newsom has owned 21 small businesses with about a thousand employees at their peak.

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