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Pete Buttigieg: “Right now the Supreme Court holds that basically a…”

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

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But right now there's no constitutional protection saying that it is a responsibility to make sure you can actually go in and cast that vote. We could adjust the way money works in politics. You know, Right now the Supreme Court holds that basically a corporation is the same thing as a person for the purpose of intervening in politics. and spending money to manipulate the outcome of an election is the same thing as me giving a speech about my views. Money is speech. Corporations are people. (32:46–32:53)

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Asserts that the Supreme Court equates corporations to individuals in political interventions.

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