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Pete Buttigieg: “Now it's happening.”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 1:18:35

I mean, these kinds of things are something that, you know, I remember being younger, arguing with conservative and libertarian friends, you know, over beers in college, and this is the kind of thing they were saying could happen. Now it's happening. So we should be on the same side about this, even if we're not on the same side about a lot of policy issues. (1:18:35–1:18:37)

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Asserts that government intimidation of critics, previously a concern, is now occurring.

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