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Pete Buttigieg: “The President of the United States [Trump] doesn't like…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 05:38

And there might be moments that they got that wrong or went too far. But right now, we're in a moment where The President of the United States [Trump] doesn't like being criticized by a comedian and has the head of the FCC...threaten them. fcc, which regulates corporations that are trying to buy TV networks, go out and threaten them and say, we can do this the easy way or the hard way. (05:38–05:56)

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Asserts that President Trump used the FCC to threaten media entities over criticism.

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