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Pete Buttigieg: “We were told a year and a half ago that prices were going to…”

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

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Pete Speaks Live in Tulsa, Oklahoma

Published | Video Starts at 01:37

You don't think a whole lot about Democrats and Republicans, but you can't help but notice that gas is going through the roof, diesel's going through the roof. You can't help but notice that We were told a year and a half ago that prices were going to go down and instead they are up compared to what they were a year and a half ago. Maybe. Never mind left and right. You're just bothered by a sense of right and wrong. (01:37–01:46)

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Asserts that prices have increased despite previous claims they would decrease.

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