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Pete Buttigieg: “Malta...is independent English speaking, but also Maltese…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 1:11:05

She's like, I just saw Buttigieg Bridge and I'm in Malta. And so she said, ask him if he's ancestrally Maltese. Yeah, it's this incredible country. It's this tiny, like, very unusual country. It's Malta...is independent English speaking, but also Maltese speaking, which is a Semitic language. Been through everything from, like, the Crusades to World War II. Is this, like, very strategic spot. Like, I go on all day about Malta, but it's. (1:11:05–1:11:39)

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Asserts that Malta is an independent country where both English and Maltese, a Semitic language, are spoken.

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