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Pete Buttigieg: “It's higher than when he got 9%. His central campaign…”

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 06:46

You saw the numbers just come out. It's more than 3% year on year. Okay, there's D.C. poor mistake. It is. The math is direct. Look, it's months from 2, 7 to 3%. It's higher than when he got 9%. His central campaign promise was he was going to take inflation and drive it down and instead he took 9%. I thought in the it was 3 when he got here. And now it's more. It could not be simpler than that. It's around three and we're involved in a war. (06:46–06:56)

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Asserts that inflation is higher than when it was at 9% and that the President promised to reduce it.

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