Gavin Newsom: “That's Trump's great strength, is sussing up your weakness…”

“We've got to be as ruthless but lovingly as they are. They're not screwing around. They're trying to break this country, they're trying to break us. Shock and awe flooding the zone, dominating the nerve. That's Trump's great strength, is sussing up your weakness and exploiting it. 24.7. 24. 7. He loves our indignation, he loves our outrage. All sort of folks on the dictatorial spectrum love that, but they don't like the mockery. They don't do well with humor.” (1:02:07–1:02:14)

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