Pete Buttigieg Explains Why There's 'Even More' To Trump's Racist Debate Lie
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Buttigieg agreed that the GOP nominee's vile claim is part of a "distraction technique."
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg argued that it’s a “strategy” for Donald Trump to push the racist lie that Haitian immigrants are eating pets on Thursday.
“There’s even more to it than demonizing immigrants although that’s obviously part of what he’s doing,” Buttiegieg told CNN’s Kaitlan Collins.
“This is a strategy to get us talking about the latest crazy thing he did, whatever urban legend he amplifies. Right now, it’s about people eating cats or geese or whatever because he cannot afford for us to be talking about his record.”
His comments arrive just days after Trump amplified the claim to over 67 million people who watched the debate between him and Vice President Kamala Harris.
The former president took the lie on the road — and added geese to the mix of animals allegedly involved — at an Arizona rally on Thursday.
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