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Pete Buttigieg: “I don't believe it was true that [the border] was exactly…”

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Pete Buttigieg: The Left's Identity Crisis, Wealth Tax, 2024 Mistakes, Plans for 2028

Published October 30, 2025 | Video Starts at 40:21

And if not, why not? I think that he is right to draw attention to the problem of the border and that it is important to have a secure border. I don't believe it was true that [the border] was exactly open before. I think it is functionally closed now. But I would agree that the last administration didn't do enough and didn't do enough early enough by the border. Yeah, yeah. (40:21–40:25)

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