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Peter Welch: “If Peter Welch went to Vermont now there's no housing. If…”

Featuring: Peter Welch, Democratic | U.S. Senate, Vermont

Vermont Sen. Peter Welch on "The Takeout"

Published November 17, 2024 | Video Starts at 10:19

And there were a lot of apartments to choose from. I didn't have massive student debt. So I had options. I became a public defender If Peter Welch went to Vermont now there's no housing. If you want to get an apartment, it's going to be $2,500, maybe three grand. And you probably have significant student debt. So that's the reality for a lot of people. (10:19–10:30)

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Asserts that housing availability is low and rental prices are high in Vermont.

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“We held on to Senate seats in tough states like Nevada, like Arizona, like Michigan.”
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“We didn't win the House, we lost the Senate, and we lost the presidency.”
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“It actually was still pretty close in many of these states.”
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“He got incredible things done with the Infrastructure act, the COVID Relief act, things that made a difference.”
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“Incumbent parties, whether they were considered very liberal or very conservative, took a hit, a bad hit [post-COVID].”
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“He was convicted, he was indicted, and he was impeached, and he won. So the reality is he won this election despite those things, and he won…”
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“The president said that he's going to go after political adversaries that's really, really a bad thing to do.”
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“The American people are entitled to know what the deal is with Matt Gaetz.”
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“I support Israel as a democratic and Jewish state.”
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“We've always supported...a two state solution, independent, Jewish secure state of Israel, an independent, peaceful, really disarmed…”
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“Trump is going to challenge [the two-state solution].”
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“Clearly the Trump administration and particularly through the what we're hearing from J.D. Vance is they may pull the plug [on support for…”
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“Get the money out the door and give authorization for deeper strikes to military targets [in Russia].”
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“Goldman Sachs says there's going to be about $3 trillion in investment in clean energy.”
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