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Pete Buttigieg: “The debt has risen to levels that even the left can't ignore…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 44:19

The debt has risen. Now, a lot of it's because the Republican tax cuts for the rich. But that's not the only reason. The debt has risen to levels that even the left can't ignore it anymore. There's a lot of things that need to change, and it's not just changing them back to what we were doing a few years ago. But that's exactly why I'm here. (44:19–44:23)

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Asserts that national debt levels have become significant enough to concern all political sides.

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