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Gavin Newsom: “Tariffs [are] literally gutting the economy of the state and…”

Featuring: Gavin Newsom, Democratic | Governor of California

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Discussion on California's Economic Principles and Trump Administration Relations

Published | Video Starts at 00:54

You want to make a difference, stand tall and firm. And that's kind of the approach. If it's a virtue signal, I think you're inviting something. But if it's a fundamental principle like Tariffs [are] literally gutting the economy of the state and creating so much uncertainty. it's going to take years and years, I mean, to wreck the economy. Now the fourth largest economy in the world, California, to overnight do that, you have to stand on principle. (00:54–01:00)

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Asserts that tariffs are harming California's economy and causing uncertainty.

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