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Gavin Newsom: “My mom was 19 when she was pregnant with me. My dad left a…”

Featuring: Gavin Newsom, Democratic | Governor of California

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Why Gavin Newsom refuses to be a "bystander" in this political moment

Published | Video Starts at 09:08

The suits, not just the hair gel and the shoe, the parties. And I sort of. I played into that type, so I recognized my own complicity. But look, My mom was 19 when she was pregnant with me. My dad left a few years later. She was on her own. She came from no wealth and she just hustled grit, hard work. (09:08–09:12)

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Asserts that Gavin Newsom's mother was 19 when pregnant, and his father left a few years later.

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