Gavin Newsom: “The future happens here first, you know, it tends to, as it…”

“Look, I mean, there's no rules anymore with the Trump administration. And, you know, and we have to be prepared for everything. And again, we talk about California. The future happens here first, you know, it tends to, as it relates to Trump trying to exercise this sort of unitary theory of government. And had it not been for the courts and the court of public opinion, he would have gone a lot farther than he has.” (19:39–19:41)

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