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Gov. Gavin Newsom launches national campaign to fight ‘authoritarian leaders’

Gavin Newsom gives the inaugural address after taking the oath of office at his inauguration ceremony at the Capitol Mall on Friday, Jan. 6, 2023, in Sacramento, California.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday launched a national campaign to counter the GOP agenda and announced that he’s hitting the road to “take the fight to states where freedom is most under attack.”

The Democratic governor transferred $10 million of his state campaign funds to a new federal political action committee dubbed the “Campaign for Democracy,” which he said he created to boost Democrats and push back on Republican leaders who “ban books,” “kidnap migrants” and “stoke racism” before the 2024

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