WEBVTT -  And, These Are Your Questions

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<v Speaker 1>This is Gavin Newsom, and these are your questions.

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<v Speaker 2>You and New York Governor Kathy Hochel have been considering

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<v Speaker 2>redistricting in your blue states in order to pick up

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<v Speaker 2>seats in the twenty twenty six midterms because of what's

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<v Speaker 2>been happening in Texas. Have you spoken to Governor Hokele

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<v Speaker 2>and is there a national plan for redistricting that the

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<v Speaker 2>DNC has been a part of.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, I appreciate the question. It is the existential question

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<v Speaker 1>of our time. What do I mean by that? If

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<v Speaker 1>Donald Trumpe wants to rig the system, he wants to

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<v Speaker 1>change the game because he can't win the game by

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<v Speaker 1>playing by the traditional rules, period full stop. He made

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<v Speaker 1>a phone call, just like he made a phone call

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<v Speaker 1>in Georgia after he lost the election, after he tried

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<v Speaker 1>to destroy our democracy lighted on fire after January sixth

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<v Speaker 1>as he tried to steal the election, and he asked

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<v Speaker 1>for twelve thousand votes from the Secretary of State in Georgia.

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<v Speaker 1>He is now asking governors like Greg Abbott who are complicit.

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<v Speaker 1>He knew Greg Abbot would say yes, sir, and what

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<v Speaker 1>more can I do for you? Says I need five

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<v Speaker 1>seats in fact he said on National TV this week.

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<v Speaker 1>He said he's entitled to five seats because he won

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<v Speaker 1>the election by such a large margin in Texas that

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<v Speaker 1>they're now his seats. Make no votes about it. This

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<v Speaker 1>is next distential moment as it relates to the core

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<v Speaker 1>principles of our founding fathers. They are trying to change

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<v Speaker 1>the rules because they cannot win by the traditional rules

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<v Speaker 1>and the traditional game. Donald Trump knows who will lose

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<v Speaker 1>the election and into facto, his presidency ends in eighteen months.

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<v Speaker 1>Sure he'll be fire and fury and he'll be playing

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<v Speaker 1>on true's social but will finally have a speaker. Jeffries.

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<v Speaker 1>We will finally have a system that the founding fathers

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<v Speaker 1>design of checks and balances and oversight. And he knows

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<v Speaker 1>that it's over in less than eighteen months. So if

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<v Speaker 1>we want to allow that to happen, I guess California,

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<v Speaker 1>New York, Gady Hoko and other state governors can roll

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<v Speaker 1>over and act holler than now and say, well, we

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<v Speaker 1>really believe in independent redistrict and we're against quote unquote

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<v Speaker 1>jerrymandering these districts, which is another fancy way of saying

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<v Speaker 1>picking our voters as opposed to voters picking them by

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<v Speaker 1>changing the maps of who can vote and where they

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<v Speaker 1>can vote. And in California, we choose to do the opposite.

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<v Speaker 1>We choose to fight fire with fire. We choose to

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<v Speaker 1>stand up. We choose to support the principles of our

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<v Speaker 1>founding fathers. We choose to support you, all of you,

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<v Speaker 1>so you're can have a voice and choice going forward.

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<v Speaker 1>Donald Trump is trying to deconstruct America. It's a serious moment.

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<v Speaker 1>In all of the distractions, nothing is more important than this.

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<v Speaker 1>He's trying to rig the games how elections are done

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<v Speaker 1>mid census, and so California is going to step up.

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<v Speaker 1>They're talking about five seats in Texas. We will take

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<v Speaker 1>those five seats in California. We have an independent redistricting

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<v Speaker 1>commission that should be a national model. I support a

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<v Speaker 1>national model for independent redistricting. I'm not for Jerry mannering

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<v Speaker 1>in blue states anymore than I am for red states.

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<v Speaker 1>But this is a new moment in American history. The

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<v Speaker 1>facts are new. He's rigging the game. So we have

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<v Speaker 1>to fight fire with fire, and that's what we choose

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<v Speaker 1>to do in California, and I hope other governors do

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<v Speaker 1>the same. Blue state governors. They're going to export this

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<v Speaker 1>as well. We just heard JD. Vance is being sent

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<v Speaker 1>by Donald Trump into Indiana to get them to rig

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<v Speaker 1>the Indiana ballot. Same thing in Florida with DeSantis. But California,

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<v Speaker 1>we punch above our weight. Remember with size of twenty

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<v Speaker 1>one state populations combined. So we can do the five seats,

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<v Speaker 1>and we could take other seats that are very competitive.

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<v Speaker 1>There are us up and through the gerrymannering process that

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<v Speaker 1>is well established in these red states, we can make

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<v Speaker 1>those easier districts for a Democratic party. This should not

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<v Speaker 1>be the model for the country, but it's the new reality.

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<v Speaker 1>And so as a consequence, we have to act anew

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<v Speaker 1>and we have to, as Lincoln said, disenthrall ourselves with

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<v Speaker 1>the way things have been done in the past. And

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<v Speaker 1>so we're asking the legislature will require two thirds of

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<v Speaker 1>our legislature put this on the ballot. We're hoping it

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<v Speaker 1>gets on the ballot on the November fourth election. We're

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<v Speaker 1>going to do it in a transparent way by putting

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<v Speaker 1>the maps on the ballot, so the voters will know

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<v Speaker 1>what they're doing, and we'll do it for a temporary

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<v Speaker 1>period of time for the twenty six, twenty eight, and

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<v Speaker 1>thirty ballots congressional ballots only. We'll keep our independent redistrict

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<v Speaker 1>and commission and we'll revert back to our original form

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<v Speaker 1>once this threat has passed, and will do so only

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<v Speaker 1>if triggered by the actions in Texas. They drew first blood.

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<v Speaker 1>We will fight fire with fire. We will preserve and

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<v Speaker 1>protect our democracy and all that is at stake in

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<v Speaker 1>this country. And we're going to punch this bully right

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<v Speaker 1>back in the mouth, and we're going to save our democracy.

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<v Speaker 2>After last week's job report, President Trump said he thought

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<v Speaker 2>the numbers were wrong. After that, Trump fired the head

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<v Speaker 2>of the Bureau of Labor and Statistics. How concerned should

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<v Speaker 2>we be that the president is firing people who report

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<v Speaker 2>information he doesn't like. And shouldn't the business community be

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<v Speaker 2>standing up against this?

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<v Speaker 1>Well, the Business meeting should certainly be standing up. But

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<v Speaker 1>let's also put this in perspective. The economy is slowing down.

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<v Speaker 1>The impact of Donald Trump's tariffs taxes on American consumers

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<v Speaker 1>is starting be felt. We're not creating the jobs like

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<v Speaker 1>we created during the Biden administration. It's Trump's policies that

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<v Speaker 1>have slowed the growth and as a consequence, now a

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<v Speaker 1>lot of folks are concerned that not only is unemployment rising,

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<v Speaker 1>but we're seeing price pressures once again, inflation starting to

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<v Speaker 1>creep back up, and the word stagflation is coming back

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<v Speaker 1>in to the conversation. So that's number one. And as

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<v Speaker 1>a consequence of that, Donald Trump now wants to kill

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<v Speaker 1>the messenger, wants to fire the person that puts this

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<v Speaker 1>information together with a team of people in a nonpartisan,

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<v Speaker 1>a political way, and that should scare the hell out

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<v Speaker 1>of everybody. That's what authoritarian regimes do. It's about truth

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<v Speaker 1>and trust. The coin of the realm is trust. And

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<v Speaker 1>the one institution that the world has long looked to

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<v Speaker 1>for trust is the Bureau of Labor Statistics. It's foundational

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<v Speaker 1>from a global perspective, not just from an American perspective,

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<v Speaker 1>and it is completely consistent. And this is why it's

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<v Speaker 1>so alarming that Donald Trump is going after what he

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<v Speaker 1>refers to as the deep state, which are competent bureaucrats.

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<v Speaker 1>Politicians come and go, but there are people that maintain,

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<v Speaker 1>through competency and character, the distinction of being professionals that

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<v Speaker 1>outlived administrations or outlive administrations. And what Donald Trump is

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<v Speaker 1>doing is politicizing every single position. He's eliminated oversight by

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<v Speaker 1>eliminating inspector generals. He's eliminating auditing functions so that there

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<v Speaker 1>are no recourse for actions he takes. He's got immunity

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<v Speaker 1>printed by the Supreme Court in terms of any actions

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<v Speaker 1>he possibly could take. These are all all signs of

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<v Speaker 1>interiorating democracy. But this perhaps is the most alarming of

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<v Speaker 1>all the actions so far by the Trump administration because

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<v Speaker 1>this is about, as Tom Freeman wrote today in The

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<v Speaker 1>New York Times, the deconstruction of the American system. And

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<v Speaker 1>he will put in a crony. He will put in

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<v Speaker 1>someone that by definition now people can't trust, and that

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<v Speaker 1>foundation of trust is all we have. So this is

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<v Speaker 1>code read. This is another reason we all need to

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<v Speaker 1>step up and share our voice. This is another reason

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<v Speaker 1>we all need to stay focused and not get distracted

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<v Speaker 1>by the latest true social or tweet or whatever today's

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<v Speaker 1>headline is, and continue to focus on the essential nature

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<v Speaker 1>of the architecture that holds up this system. That's why

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<v Speaker 1>redistricting and all the conversations that are being had are

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<v Speaker 1>on Texas and what states like California can do to

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<v Speaker 1>counter that are so important. Making sure that architecture of

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<v Speaker 1>truth and trust is maintained, and we call out Donald

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<v Speaker 1>Trump's tyrannical well forgive me authoritarian tendencies. If you want

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<v Speaker 1>your questions answered, reach us at This is Gavin Newsom

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