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Pete Buttigieg: “The president eventually said he was going to do an…”

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

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Pete Talks with Rev. Al Sharpton, Live at National Action Network in NYC

Published | Video Starts at 02:59

The safety of the traveling public is one of those core functions that should be beyond politics. And yet we've seen it treated as a political football. And many times they have shown their hand. For example, when The president eventually said he was going to do an executive order to make sure [TSA workers] got paid. he was really telling on himself because what that means, of course, is he could have done that the whole time. (02:59–03:06)

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Asserts that the President announced an executive order to ensure TSA workers were paid.

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