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Pete Buttigieg and A.B. Stoddard: Talk Is Cheap

2024/9/26
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Pete Buttigieg discusses the current manufacturing boom, contrasting it with the manufacturing recession during the Trump administration. He highlights significant investments in factories across the country, emphasizing the growth in jobs and population. Buttigieg also addresses the issue of unrealized capital gains, arguing that it's not a primary concern for most working-class Americans.
  • Over 800,000 manufacturing jobs created under the Biden-Harris administration.
  • Manufacturing recession occurred during Trump's presidency before COVID-19.
  • Billions of dollars invested in EV and AI-related factories in the Midwest.

Shownotes Transcript

Trump likes to promise a manufacturing renaissance as though one isn't going on right now. But we also had a manufacturing recession when he was in office—and that was before Covid. 

Plus, Kamala hits her stride talking about her plans, Clay Higgins is a lying, racist thug, the Democratic Party keeps holding lawbreakers to account, and we can see in Elise Stefanik's eyes how much she is faking it. 

Pete Buttigieg and A.B. Stoddard join Tim Miller.