Gavin Newsom: “Richard Nixon, another Republican, codified California's…”

“1967, Governor Ronald Reagan established the first tailpipe emissions in the United States of America, created the California Air Resources Board. Three years later, President by the name of Richard Nixon, another Republican, codified California's leadership under the Clean Air Act. Never in the history of the United States of America has there been a more destructive president than the current occupant in the White house.” (00:22–00:28)

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