Pete Buttigieg
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Was there a strategy?
Yeah, I think what happened was he was really looking to Congress to do it.
Yeah, I think what happened was he was really looking to Congress to do it.
He came out of Congress.
He came out of Congress.
He was a creature of Congress and thought, you know, Congress can forge a bipartisan since, you know, it's actually a bipartisan agreement among the American people on what to do, right?
He was a creature of Congress and thought, you know, Congress can forge a bipartisan since, you know, it's actually a bipartisan agreement among the American people on what to do, right?
Which is what most people believe, what I believe, which is let's make it harder to come in illegally and easier to come in legally and to get legal if you're not.
Which is what most people believe, what I believe, which is let's make it harder to come in illegally and easier to come in legally and to get legal if you're not.
I mean, that's where most people are.
I mean, that's where most people are.
That's about 80% of the country.
That's about 80% of the country.
Yeah, and that's where most of the space for compromise has been on the Hill.
Yeah, and that's where most of the space for compromise has been on the Hill.
And yet, you know, I think it was the 80s last time we had an actual bill to fix it.
And yet, you know, I think it was the 80s last time we had an actual bill to fix it.
So I think he, and this is speculating, I mean, I never really, you know, was in the middle of the immigration side of things.
So I think he, and this is speculating, I mean, I never really, you know, was in the middle of the immigration side of things.
But I think he felt like the way to do this was to get things done in Congress.