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Pete Buttigieg: “We recommitted in that 250th year of this country to a new…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 10:09

Even the rights of universities to teach freely and comedians to practice their craft. But we changed it all. And we didn't just beat back the threat of tyranny. We recommitted in that 250th year of this country to a new birth of freedom. So you see, the reason that you and your brother have more rights and freedoms than I was born with is that we all, all of us, all the generations … (10:09–10:16)

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Asserts that there was a recommitment to freedom in the 250th year of the United States.

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