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Gavin Newsom: “That's what brought us Medicaid and Medicare.”

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Podcast Discussion on Democratic Party Challenges with Governors Gavin Newsom and Tim Walz

Published March 18, 2025 | Video Starts at 49:28

But look, this notion of a big tent. A big tent, that's what that's what built the middle class in the 50s, 60s and 70s. What's That's what brought us Medicaid and Medicare. That's what brought us the minimum wage as we know it today. It was a big tent. Lean into labor unions. Lean into labor unions and labor. (49:28–49:31)

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Asserts that a "big tent" approach led to the creation of Medicaid and Medicare.

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