Gavin Newsom Makes False Claim Of Raising LGBTQ Pride Flag ‘For First Time’ At California’s Capitol
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Factchecking The Governor With PolitiFact California
Gov. Gavin Newsom makes a claim of raising the LGBTQ Pride flag “for first time” at California’s Capitol. Our PolitiFact team checks that, and Newsom’s campaign promise about universal preschool education.
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