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Pete Buttigieg: “There was a time when there were mass federal agents in the…”

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

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Community Conversation between Mayor Randall Woodfin and Secretary Pete Buttigieg

Published | Video Starts at 1:14:32

It got really rough for a while. You can read about it in the history books. But then we did what it took to make things better. Like There was a time when there were mass federal agents in the streets in American cities. but we rose up and built a coalition that said that this is in fact a freedom loving country that upholds people's rights and their dignity and that recognizes their willingness to stick up for one another's name. (1:14:32–1:14:38)

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