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Pete Buttigieg: “When we supported a vision in Atlanta to the stitch that…”

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

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Pete Talks with Rev. Al Sharpton, Live at National Action Network in NYC

Published | Video Starts at 06:09

If federal funding created or contributed to a problem, then federal funding ought to be part of the solution. And the really remarkable thing is that nobody is worse off when we do that. When we supported a vision in Atlanta to the stitch that takes, I think it's 75 and 85 that cut right through the heart of town, put them underground. When we fund work in Toledo or Milwaukee in order to make those roads safer, everybody's better off. Certainly black communities and other minority communities that were disadvantaged by the way that they were built are better off. (06:09–06:19)

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Asserts that federal support was given to a project in Atlanta to put highways underground.

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