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Pete Buttigieg: “The tax cuts for the wealthy while cutting people off of…”

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

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Pete Buttigieg Takes on Trump's Failures, Live on MS NOW

Published | Video Starts at 07:01

We're in a war when they said they would keep us out of wars. They also can't win on the issues because their policies are very unpopular. You know, The tax cuts for the wealthy while cutting people off of Medicaid, making it harder to access SNAP and food benefits. So many of the things that they've done just put them out of step with the American people. (07:01–07:08)

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Asserts that tax cuts for the wealthy are accompanied by cuts to Medicaid and SNAP benefits.

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