Gavin Newsom: “You saw my party that seemed to be defending NAFTA…”

“… you, you saw him at least talking to those folks, not talking down to them and acknowledging them. I see you, I care at least asserting that he cared. And You saw my party that seemed to be defending NAFTA, defending TPP, defending some of those trade deals. or at least struggling with them as it relates to an electoral strategy, not fully appreciating the magnitude of the displacement and the despair in the faces in the heart of so many.” (13:08–13:16)

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