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Apr 2025
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Pete Buttigieg on Trump Tariffs, Taxing ...

Andrew Schulz's Flagrant with Akaash Singh
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YERRR – former U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg came on to talk about fixing America’s crumbling infrastructure, fixing the Democratic Party, & his political aspirations. He gets into policy, public perception, parenting, his coming out story, and what it takes to run for president. All that and more on this week’s episode of FLAGRANT. INDULGE ... Show More
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