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Gavin Newsom: “My father, who passed away with books and a second mortgage…”

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Newsom: We could lose the country in 2028

Published March 24, 2026 | Video Starts at 04:25

Life came from no wealth, back to a very broken family, which I write extensively about My father, who passed away with books and a second mortgage as the inheritance that I received from him. Their lives are very different than is perceived as well. And so I'm just trying to shape that. I'm a product of both. And. (04:25–04:32)

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Asserts that his father left him books and a second mortgage as inheritance.

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