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Gavin Newsom: “In Washington, the President believes that might makes…”

Featuring: Gavin Newsom, Democratic | Governor of California

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LIVE: California Gov. Gavin Newsom delivers final State of the State address

Published | Video Starts at 06:07

The federal government, respectfully, it's unrecognizable. Protecting the powerful at the expense of the vulnerable. Their credo seems to be about fear. Fear of the future, Fear of the stranger, fear of change. In Washington, the President believes that might makes right. That the courts are simply speed bumps, not stop signs. That democracy is a nuisance to be circumvented. Secret police, businesses being raided, windows smashed, citizens detained, citizens shot. Masked men snatching people in broad daylight. People disappearing. (06:07–06:17)

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Asserts that the President views courts as obstacles rather than checks on power.

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