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Pete Buttigieg: “You should be stifled.”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 1:23:45

Through to people who phrase something the wrong way or express politics in a moment that was not the right moment. And not all of that means that. You should be stifled. There's thousands of reactions, but I think all of us should step back and just again, agree on some basic things here, that political violence is wrong. Perpetrating it is wrong. (1:23:45–1:23:47)

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Asserts that people should not be silenced for expressing political views, even if phrased poorly.

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