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Gavin Newsom: “We have to be in the business of addition, not subtraction.”

Featuring: Gavin Newsom, Democratic | Governor of California

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Published | Video Starts at 40:36

I can only control what I can control. And, you know, so if you don't, like, don't pass your litmus test, the purity test. But I worry for our party that, you know, We have to be in the business of addition, not subtraction. You know, we talk about the Kennedy family. They understood that. I mean, that's how we built the world's biggest middle class. (40:36–40:41)

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Asserts that the Democratic Party should focus on inclusivity and unity.

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