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Gavin Newsom’s Weird Idea of ‘Freedom’

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Gavin Newsom’s Weird Idea of ‘Freedom’
California Gov. Gavin Newsom, right, attends the Opening Plenary of the IX Summit of the Americas at the Los Angeles Convention Center, in Los Angeles, Calif., on June 9, 2022. Mario Tama/Getty Images
Victor Davis Hanson
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In a run-up to what’s likely to be a 2024 presidential bid, California Gov. Gavin Newsom hit upon the bizarre idea of boasting in commercials that California is America’s true “free” state.

Victor Davis Hanson
Victor Davis Hanson
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Victor Davis Hanson is a classicist and military historian. He is a professor emeritus of classics at California State University, a senior fellow in classics and military history at Stanford University, a fellow of Hillsdale College, and a distinguished fellow of the Center for American Greatness. Mr. Hanson has written 17 books, including “The Western Way of War,” “Fields Without Dreams,” “The Case for Trump,” and “The Dying Citizen.”
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