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Pete Buttigieg: “Republicans in Congress were running cover for [Trump] until…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 21:37

And I'll give you some examples. One example is the Epstein files, where he did everything he could to not have to release them. And a lot of Republicans in Congress were running cover for [Trump] until enough people spoke up and said, no, you can't do that. to where even they couldn't ignore it. I'll give you another example. We did a town hall not so different from this one in western Wisconsin in the district of a member of Congress who wouldn't do a town hall. (21:37–21:44)

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Asserts that Republicans initially protected Trump regarding the Epstein files until public pressure mounted.

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