Gavin Newsom

You display conviction and strength.

It's a different relationship.

And so my relationship to this moment is reflected in that.

I'm not naive.

These guys are going to try to take me down, not just my state.

I'm not naive about what I've said this morning and how that will be reflected in the official White House account.

I'm not naive about the fact that he threatened to prosecute

the Fed chief in the United States of America that has subpoenaed against another sitting governor, Tim Walz, who's literally going after his enemies with the FBI and the DOJ and these power ministries.

I'm not naive about any of this.

I'm not naive about the corruption and the graft at scale we've never seen in American history.

I'm not naive about folks writing billion-dollar checks to Wyckoff, to Jared Kushner for this new peace deal they're announcing today.

I'm not naive about the fact the President of the United States made a billion and a half plus dollars in the last 12 months personally.

How the hell are we putting up with this?

We have to call this out, unprecedented in American history, happening in real time on our watch.

We have to be held to a higher level, all of us, myself notably, to a higher level of accountability at this moment.

Well, I'm proud of my state.

We have more Fortune 500 companies than any other state in America, more scientists, engineers, more Nobel laureates in my state than any other state in America.

The finest system of higher public education in the world.

We have 18% of the world's R&D.

China, 22%.