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Pete Buttigieg: “Many of the institutions that are being destroyed right now…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 06:22

What do you mean by that, exactly? What specific things do you think Democrats should avoid repeating or continuing to do? Well, I think we've got to recognize that Many of the institutions that are being destroyed right now by the Trump administration are also cannot and should not be put back together just the way they looked in 2021 or 2012. I do think there is a risk that we might imagine that our job is to take power and just put everything back the way it was. (06:22–06:33)

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Asserts that institutions affected by the Trump administration should not be restored to their previous state.

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