Gavin Newsom: “In just over 140 days, [Trump] has fired government…”

“Take time. Reflect on this perilous moment. A president who wants to be bound by no law or constitution, perpetuating a unified assault on American traditions. This is a president who, In just over 140 days, [Trump] has fired government watchdogs that could hold him accountable, accountable for corruption and fraud. He's declared a war, a war on culture, on history, on science, on knowledge itself. Databases, quite literally are vanishing. He's delegitimizing news organizations, and he's assaulting the First Amendment and the threat of defunding them at threat.” (05:53–06:03)

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