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Pete Buttigieg: “Don't back down. They'll back down when he screws up badly enough, not as often as I'd like, but they change their mind…”

On the recordMay 13, 2025
Don't back down. They'll back down when he screws up badly enough, not as often as I'd like, but they change their mind all the time.
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Pete Buttigieg
Democratic · Indiana

Editor's note · Context

Buttigieg encourages resistance against proposed cuts to the Department of Veterans Affairs.

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