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Pete Buttigieg: “In Nebraska, they raised the wage and then the legislature…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 19:23

In Oklahoma, they took action through a voter initiative to not only expand Medicaid, but to put Medicaid expansion in the constitution of the state of Oklahoma. This is Oklahoma. So In Nebraska, they raised the wage and then the legislature went in to cut it back a little bit. And so I think what we're seeing more and more is that there are chances to lay bare the difference between what the majority believes and what their representatives believe. (19:23–19:30)

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Asserts that Nebraska raised the minimum wage, but the legislature reduced it afterward.

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