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Pete Buttigieg: “Breakdown of trust between people and their government…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 1:23:46

The thing I'm seeing from our audience is a complete lack of trust in government on either side. Yeah, I wonder if you could frame that in a. Yeah, I think the. Breakdown of trust between people and their government, between people in our institutions, between Americans and each other, is something that could be lethal if we don't do something about it. And if you're talking about societies and systems and structures, I'd say it's not that different from how it is between two people. Where it could take years to build a certain level of trust. (1:23:46–1:23:59)

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