During a press briefing on Wednesday, Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) called on Speaker Johnson (R-LA) to exercise Congress' authority over tariffs.
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00:00Well, how can you not be? I've got four kids. 80% of their toys under their Christmas tree come from China. I've got family members living paycheck to paycheck. Many family members. My mom, who passed away years and years ago, was one of them.
00:18I mean, no rationale, no plan, no conscience to what it's doing to real people, no consideration of congressional responsibility. Where the hell is Congress? Where the hell is Speaker Johnson? Do your job.
00:37They're sitting there passively as this guy wrecks the economy in the United States of America, which has dominated the global economy.
00:47Don't take my word for it. The Wall Street Journal. We are the envy to the world and overnight a wrecking ball to America's reputation, our role and our relationship.
01:01And so I, yeah, I'm angry as a parent, as a taxpayer, as someone who has a retirement account that didn't come from wealth, no trust funds in my family, you know, worked hard all my life.
01:16If a guy who has businesses, I know I have blind trust and I trust you can appreciate that I won't try to cross the line on that.
01:25But if someone has built a business that also is export dependent, some of them, industries like ag that I'm involved in, I have a unique understanding.
01:38It's not an academic understanding of the stress that folks are going through. And so it connects on every level. And so I, yeah, I'm angry about this.