Gavin Newsom: “The origin story here is Donald Trump made a phone call, so…”

“I go down the list. All of that is on the line here. It's not a gross exaggeration, not an exaggeration at all. Remember, The origin story here is Donald Trump made a phone call, so familiar, just out in the open. Corruption, a whole other level. Do not allow this to be normalized. Told Greg Abbott, I need you to Find me, in this case, five representatives. These guys aren't screwing around, so I'm not here.” (29:18–29:29)

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