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Pete Buttigieg: “We can't amend the Constitution to clarify that a…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 05:42

… and then decided we didn't want to do that after all, and amended the Constitution again to repeal prohibition don't tell me if we can do that. Don't tell me We can't amend the Constitution to clarify that a corporation is not the same thing as a person. Go ahead. And money is not the same thing as political speech. So we have to deal with money in politics. We have to deal with a Supreme Court that is now a rogue Supreme Court. (05:42–05:47)

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Asserts the possibility of amending the Constitution to differentiate corporations from individuals.

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