Gavin Newsom: “My mom almost 20 years ago [died] to breast cancer.”

“Wanted me to go into politics, which I never understood until I learned in the process of writing this that was the reason for their divorce. She never explained that. They never talked about that. When I grew up, I lost My mom almost 20 years ago [died] to breast cancer. And I was hustling back then. I was a small business person. I had opened a number of small businesses, restaurants and hotel, smaller winery. I was a county supervisor.” (02:28–02:31)

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