Gavin Newsom: “This banning binge rewriting history, censoring historical…”

“Yeah. You know, I think there was, two years ago, 4,340 books, if I recall the exact number that were banned in libraries or schools across this country. This banning binge rewriting history, censoring historical facts, as if that makes us stronger and wiser. Yeah. It's like, hey, this person's going to be, you know, in charge of nuclear weapons or flying a fighter jet. But Maya Angelou's memoir is too. A literal example.” (1:18:08–1:18:16)

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