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Gavin Newsom: “We will lose our country. We will lose our republic. This…”

Featuring: Gavin Newsom, Democratic | Governor of California

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"We will lose our republic" Gavin Newsom on Trump, his childhood & more

Published | Video Starts at 40:49

But we need to do it. We need to put that mirror up to Trump and Trumpism. And it's not because none of this is normal. And my whole point is this. We will lose our country. We will lose our republic. This guy [Trump] is not screwing around. It wasn't just the federalization of the National Guard, which we said in June was a preview of things to come. And you saw that in D.C. you saw that in Chicago. (40:49–40:55)

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Asserts that Trump poses a serious threat to the country and its democratic institutions.

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