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Gavin Newsom: “Willie is literally the reason I'm sitting up here today.”

Featuring: Gavin Newsom, Democratic | Governor of California

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Published | Video Starts at 20:45

And by the way, I can't believe it's taken me this long. All because of one person who's sitting here today, Willie Brown. Willie is literally the reason I'm sitting up here today. Curry at Full Stop would not have happened without him. And you know, we could talk. There's some funny stories, I think about getting schooled in a different way by Willie Brown about how politics works. (20:45–20:50)

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