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Showing Original Post only (View all)"Pete Buttigieg utterly destroys Fox News host for whining about Kavanaugh protests": [View all]
https://www.rawstory.com/pete-buttigieg-brett-kavanaughPete Buttigieg utterly destroys Fox News host for whining about Kavanaugh protests
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"You're never going to be free from criticism or peaceful protests, people exercising their First Amendment rights," the Transporation secretary pointed out.
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"Not only the right to choose by the way," Buttigieg continued, "but this justice was part of the process of stripping away the right to privacy. Since I've been alive, settled case law in the United States has been that the Constitution protected the right to privacy and that has now been thrown out the window by justices, including Justice Kavanaugh, who as I recall, swore up and down in front of God and everyone including the United States Congress that they were going to leave settled case law alone. So yes, people are upset. They're going to exercise their First Amendment rights."
"Compare that, for example, to the reality that as a country right now we are reckoning with the fact that a mob summoned by the former president to the United States Capitol for the purpose of overthrowing the election and very nearly succeeded in preventing the peaceful transfer of power," he argued. "I think common sense can tell the difference."
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"That's what happened in this case," he explained. "Remember, the justice never even came into contact with these protesters, reportedly didn't see or hear them. And these protesters are upset because a right, an important right that the majority of Americans support was taken away."
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"You're never going to be free from criticism or peaceful protests, people exercising their First Amendment rights," the Transporation secretary pointed out.
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"Not only the right to choose by the way," Buttigieg continued, "but this justice was part of the process of stripping away the right to privacy. Since I've been alive, settled case law in the United States has been that the Constitution protected the right to privacy and that has now been thrown out the window by justices, including Justice Kavanaugh, who as I recall, swore up and down in front of God and everyone including the United States Congress that they were going to leave settled case law alone. So yes, people are upset. They're going to exercise their First Amendment rights."
"Compare that, for example, to the reality that as a country right now we are reckoning with the fact that a mob summoned by the former president to the United States Capitol for the purpose of overthrowing the election and very nearly succeeded in preventing the peaceful transfer of power," he argued. "I think common sense can tell the difference."
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"That's what happened in this case," he explained. "Remember, the justice never even came into contact with these protesters, reportedly didn't see or hear them. And these protesters are upset because a right, an important right that the majority of Americans support was taken away."
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"Pete Buttigieg utterly destroys Fox News host for whining about Kavanaugh protests": [View all]
tblue37
Jul 2022
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Buttigieg speaks so masterfully, so elegantly, and is in full command of his words, it's art
SWBTATTReg
Jul 2022
#5
I'm hoping this guy will rise to be President, his humble attitude and approach are working
JuJuChen
Jul 2022
#9