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Pete Buttigieg: “We've had about 30 [constitutional amendments].”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 51:55

So some people say there's nothing you can do about it unless you had a constitutional amendment. Well, guess what? If that's true, we ought to have a constitutional amendment. Remember, That didn't used to be considered impossible. We've had about 30 [constitutional amendments]. of them. Some of the things we take for granted as core to the Constitution. It's right in there. It's first Amendment, Second Amendment. The word amendment means it wasn't even in the original text. (51:55–51:57)

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