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Gavin Newsom: “We don't control the people. Control the fifth largest…”

Featuring: Gavin Newsom, Democratic | Governor of California

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Gavin Newsom and Charlie Kirk Discuss Political Strategies, Youth Engagement, and Cultural Issues

Published | Video Starts at 46:06

And here's a guy who makes 25 times more money than I do and sitting here with a, with a jacket. And I'm sitting here with a. Right. And you control the fifth largest economy on the planet. We don't control the people. Control the fifth largest economy. And by the way, proud that, you. Know, it's a 3.9 trillion declining population. But. Population went up last year. Yeah. Because of the illegal border. We'll talk about that later. (46:06–46:09)

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Asserts that California is the fifth largest economy in the world.

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