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Pete Buttigieg: “They got rid of the money to do it literally for no other…”

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 11:39

And this disproportionately happens in disadvantaged communities. Often that means black communities, often it means rural communities. This isn't only about race. And They got rid of the money to do it literally for no other reason than neighborhood Access and equity was in the name of the bill. the title that funded that program. Same thing on 6th street in Milwaukee, same thing in Birmingham on the historic fourth Avenue where we had dollars going into making that historic community more walkable and more safe. (11:39–11:48)

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Asserts that funding was removed from a project because 'neighborhood Access and equity' was in the bill's title.

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