Gavin Newsom: “Led to the Chinese Exclusion act in the late 1880s.”

“The Chinese must go. Chinese were the scapegoat. They're the reason you don't have X, Y and Z. We have to build the virtual wall and keep them away. Led to the Chinese Exclusion act in the late 1880s. And everything that Dennis Curti represents is what Donald Trump represents today. He's an historic figure that literally is a redundant figure in terms of this larger historical experiment.” (49:46–49:50)

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