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Pete Buttigieg: “When I see a five year old child used as bait in Texas in an…”

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

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Deans Forum - A Conversation with Pete Buttigieg: "Leadership, Innovation and the Next Generation"

Published | Video Starts at 37:43

And yet we can hold space for that and also talk about how our moral formation guides us a certain way in ways I think resonate with a lot of people. So to me, for example, When I see a five year old child used as bait in Texas in an immigration race, trade to get a hold of his parents who, from what I understand, had done nothing criminal. or an American citizen is being dragged out on a cold Minnesota day in his underwear by troops. In a scriptural context, they would be guards, right? (37:43–37:59)

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