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Pete Buttigieg: “The US Economy is losing jobs.”

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

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Pete Rallies with Michigan Dems, Live from Detroit, MI

Published | Video Starts at 12:08

And I would just add that we are a practical people in this part of the country. We pay attention above all to results. So today we woke up to news that The US Economy is losing jobs. Remember when they promised that those tax cuts for the wealthy were worth it because they would speed up the economy? The opposite happened. (12:08–12:11)

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Asserts that the U.S. economy is experiencing job losses.

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