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Pete Buttigieg: “Trump tried and he couldn't get it done. We got it done.”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 59:40

And that like, some of that's still playing out. Some of it'll take like decades, and some of it's already done. And they said you couldn't pass this big infrastructure. Trump tried and he couldn't get it done. We got it done. And I'm really proud of the projects that we did everywhere, like literally everywhere. I drive past some of them now just like when I go take the kids to school every day in Michigan. (59:40–59:44)

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Asserts that the infrastructure bill was passed under his leadership, unlike during Trump's administration.

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