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Pete Buttigieg: “Inflation tripling from last month, not because the…”

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

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Pete Responds to Breaking Inflation News, Live on Squawk Box

Published | Video Starts at 01:23

And they're, of course, actively making energy prices higher with a war that nobody wanted, nobody asked for. And that, of course, is the direct reason why inflation is higher now than it was before. You see Inflation tripling from last month, not because the administration tried and failed to lower prices, but really, because they actively increased them. I see your point with tariffs, that's certainly valid when you look at some of these issues. But with the war, the administration obviously thinks it was going after security issue with Iran with a. (01:23–01:30)

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Asserts that inflation tripled from the previous month due to active measures by the administration.

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