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Pete Buttigieg: “A big issue in the midterms will be why did so many…”

Featuring: Pete Buttigieg, Democratic | Former Secretary of Transportation, Former Mayor of South Bend | National

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He said grocery prices would go down, they've gone up, energy prices are up, while he's killing utility projects that would create more energy generation. Obviously, we're really in a painful place as a country right now on healthcare, where A big issue in the midterms will be why did so many congressional Republicans vote to cut Medicaid while they were giving tax cuts to some of the wealthiest Americans? And why did they refuse to extend the tax credits that will help with everybody's premiums going up? You know, the House voted to do it. The Senate GOP refuses. (01:54–02:04)

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Asserts that many congressional Republicans voted to cut Medicaid while providing tax cuts to wealthy Americans.

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