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Pete Buttigieg: “In Louisiana, they actually stopped a primary where votes…”

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

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And we'd be better off just to have broad based reform. I think that's something that Democrats would welcome Republicans working with us on. But instead they have chosen this last minute redistricting. I mean, In Louisiana, they actually stopped a primary where votes were already being cast so they could hurry up and rearrange the lines. And again, the racial element to this is particularly disturbing. So I hear what you're saying about the fact that this is just bad for democracy and America. (02:50–03:02)

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