Gavin Newsom: “It seems that we have a completely supine Congress, that…”

“I mean, I appreciate the principal stand of saying I can't be part of an administration that's party to this kind of injustice, but at the same time, the consequences of walking away. Let me ask you, as it relates to walking away, It seems that we have a completely supine Congress, that there's no system of checks and balances. that the majority Speaker Johnson has completely abdicated any oversight as it relates to that. And it relates to this moment. As we're talking, we're just quite literally hours away from a midnight deadline on that government shutdown.” (11:23–11:30)

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