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Gavin Newsom: “You will not have a free and fair election as we know them…”

Featuring: Gavin Newsom, Democratic | Governor of California

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Gavin Newsom Urges Democrats to Be 'More Culturally Normal'

Published | Video Starts at 12:18

You will not have, and I don't, you know, you. I imagine half of you may just roll your eyes. I believe this in my core of my heart. You will not have a free and fair election as we know them today in the United States of America if Speaker Jeffries is not sworn in a year plus from now. I really believe that. Sure, there'll be elections. Competitive authoritarians love elections. Putin, I think, got 87.3%. The runner up was 4.3. That's what I mean by competitive authoritarianism. (12:18–12:29)

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Asserts that free and fair elections in the U.S. depend on Speaker Jeffries being sworn in.

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