Gavin Newsom: “We lose this republic, we'll lose our democracy.”

“Yeah, look, I mean, look, you got to deal with the cards that are dealt. And the reality is we have to be firm and we have to assert ourselves at peril. We lose this republic, we'll lose our democracy. I really believe that. And so we have to be clear. We have to be precise. We have to be, I think, more surgical in terms of our approach.” (34:53–34:56)

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