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Gavin Newsom: “The first Governor in California, 1851, Burnett, literally…”

Featuring: Gavin Newsom, Democratic | Governor of California

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What, I mean, how do you. Where's that tension between, you know, when I, you know, I talk about California and was born into genocide. The first Governor in California, 1851, Burnett, literally talked about the war and extermination in his first state of the state speech. But I use that language and people are immediately offended, find it shameful. And I'm not providing context. He was in the vast majority. He was truly representative of the time. (13:28–13:32)

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Asserts that the first Governor of California, Burnett, discussed war and extermination in his inaugural state speech.

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