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Buttigieg added here that Trump was “eroding the integrity of the military” by pardoning service members convicted of war crimes. Buttigieg said it was "slander against veterans" for Trump to suggest that sometimes "things happen" on the battlefield. https://t.co/SqugwDSSX3 — PolitiTweet.org

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Butttigieg also re-ups his knock against Trump receiving draft deferments, saying he was “able to do so because he was the child of a millionaire.” The man who asked the question mocks Trump, saying it “was tough on the front lines of Stuido 54.” — PolitiTweet.org

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Buttigieg says he is worried about Trump losing control of the situation in Iran. “We've seen the president lose control of international situations,” Buttigieg said. “I think he's lost control of the China trade fight. He could absolutely lose control of this.” (h/t @DJJudd) — PolitiTweet.org

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Asked about protecting young people, Buttigieg talks about guns in schools and how his husband, Chasten, “didn’t get into teaching to carry a weapon.” He would have joined the military, Buttigieg said, if he wanted to do that. — PolitiTweet.org

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Asked about the VA by a veteran who said he wouldn’t send his dog to the local VA hospital, Buttigieg says he doesn’t think privatization “is going to do the job.” “I think that will make it worse,” Buttigieg said. — PolitiTweet.org

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Buttigieg says the country owes it to young people choosing to serve “to figure out a way to end endless war,” noting that kids enlisting now were likely not born on 9/11. They need to know, he says, “this is not a show, this is not a game, they are not chess pieces.” — PolitiTweet.org

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Buttigieg, speaking about what he learned during his time serving in Afghanistan, says he won the trust of political conservative members of his unit not “by pretending to be something I wasn’t” but by “getting to know each other as people.” — PolitiTweet.org

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Pete Buttigieg is about to headline a veterans listening session in Londonderry, New Hampshire. Buttigieg has recently reflected on his military service when answering questions. From Thursday: https://t.co/xl1C5TP1it https://t.co/QaI9hFVphw — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @DavidWright_CNN: Marianne Williamson got another poll; Jay Inslee hit 65,000 donors -- check out who has qualified for the first DNC de… — PolitiTweet.org

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#ff - CNN's new class of stellar embeds: @DJJudd @DaniellaMicaela @JasJWright @sarahmucha @AnnieGrayerCNN @carolinerkenny — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @AnnieGrayerCNN: I am so excited to join @ryanobles and @GregJKrieg in covering the @BernieSanders campaign! Ryan and Greg have been abs… — PolitiTweet.org

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Jay Inslee announces that his campaign has hit the 65,000 unique donor threshold, a DNC mandated level the helps qualify for the first two Democratic primary debates. The governor teased he was near 65,000 on Thursday. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @KyungLahCNN: We’re ramping up! Joining the @CNN coverage of @KamalaHarris, @JasJWright— a tenacious, smart journalist who you should fo… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @DJJudd: Some personal news! Next month I’m moving to Iowa to cover the caucuses for CNN. I’ll also be covering Mayor Pete Buttigieg’s c… — PolitiTweet.org

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.@JohnDelaney took a shot at @JayInslee over climate today on MSNBC: “Yeah, my plan is better than his because it can get done. It is big, it responds to the challenges and I can get it done." Inslee's plan: https://t.co/1D5HzYDCZS Delaney's plan: https://t.co/jGDB42MJ7F — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @ErikWemple: Michael Avenatti told me that Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg has "followed my model," when it comes to me… — PolitiTweet.org

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Pete Buttigieg hires Nina Smith (@ninasophia81) to be his traveling press secretary. Smith, the managing partner at Megaphone Strategies, has previously worked in then Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley’s comms shop and was press secretary for Rep. Maxine Waters. — PolitiTweet.org

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.@JohnDelaney will make his first appearance on "The View" on June 13, his campaign says. The show has become a must stop for 2020 Democrats vying to take on Donald Trump. — PolitiTweet.org

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Buttigieg carefully answered ?s about the political impact of the 1994 crime bill on Thursday, saying Dems who supported the bill -- like Joe Biden -- would be held accountable through elections. "That is what elections are for," he said. w/ @sarahmucha: https://t.co/m92opa9NAk — PolitiTweet.org

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Delaney out with his own climate plan, includes putting a price on carbon and a volunteer ‘Climate Corps’ — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @JoshNBCNews: Pence's press secretary suggests Buttigieg is insulting people from his home state --> https://t.co/rbd73hl9kL — PolitiTweet.org

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Pete Buttigieg - citing his own military service - defended kneeling for the national anthem on Thursday. "I felt that I was watching Americans exercise a right that I had put my life on the line to defend," he said of the protests. Our story: https://t.co/xl1C5TP1it — PolitiTweet.org

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"I felt that I was watching Americans exercise a right that I had put my life on the line to defend," Buttigieg said Thursday about watching athletes kneel during the national anthem. "It is a huge part of what makes America, America," Buttigieg said. — PolitiTweet.org

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South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigeig said Thursday that he believes Donald Trump is a racist. “I think so,” he said during an interview at Washington Post Live. “If you do racist things and say racist things, the question of whether that makes you a racist is almost academic.” — PolitiTweet.org

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Buttigieg says dealing with Trump on the debate stage is like "crazy uncle management." "You are not going to disrespect his humanity. He thinks what he thinks, there is not much you can do about it," Buttigieg says at his Washington Post Live event. — PolitiTweet.org

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Pete Buttigieg, asked if he is ready to deal with Donald Trump on the debate stage, says he is more than prepared. "I have a fair amount of familiarity with bullies," he says. "I am gay, I am from Indiana." — PolitiTweet.org

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President Trump's plan to pardon servicemen convicted of war crimes is "disgusting," Mayor Pete Buttigieg said Thursday. Trump issuing those pardons would be “blowing a hole in the integrity of the military. And he is putting troops lives at risk," the 2020 candidate says. — PolitiTweet.org

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Buttigieg says he agrees with Nancy Pelosi saying Trump engaged in a cover up. "The cover up is in plain sight," Buttigieg said. "I don’t even know if you can call it a cover up if it is done in plain sight.” — PolitiTweet.org

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Buttigieg said he would "of course" support the start of impeachment proceedings at some time, but adds that he is focused on politics and defeating Donald Trump at the ballot box in 2020. — PolitiTweet.org

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Asked by @costareports at his Washington Post Live event if the House should begin impeachment proceedings, Pete Buttigieg says, "As a young Democrat, I have learned to think cautiously before offering advice to Nancy Pelosi." — PolitiTweet.org