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Pete Buttigieg: Identity has become too central to Democratic Party strategy
“I think identity has become too central to how my party thinks.”
Buttigieg says NYC and California tax proposals go further than he would
“I don't know the details of the state and local proposals you just mentioned, but those sound on their face like they're further than I would go.”
Pete Buttigieg: Donald Trump practices white identity politics
“Now, I would argue that Trump practices a kind of identity politics too, a sort of a white identity politics that makes people feel like they're encircled by the other, that immigrants are sort of an invasion.”
Pete Buttigieg concedes Biden administration failed to act early on border security
“I would agree that the last administration didn't do enough and didn't do enough early enough on the border.”
Buttigieg: AI job displacement will be enormous and society is unprepared
“And the displacement that could come with that, I think, is enormous, and I don't think we're prepared.”
Buttigieg: Tech leaders supported Republicans over short-term financial interests
“Many of them feel their short-term business interests or personal financial interests are better served by Republicans.”
Buttigieg states the wealthiest Americans are currently paying too little tax
“Are the wealthiest people in America right now paying too much tax or too little tax? I would say the wealthiest are paying too little tax, and whether you adjust that through income tax, whether you adjust that through, you know, something like wealth tax, an…”