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Pete Buttigieg on election night in Michigan: "I'd rather be us right now" as early Democratic results come in

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Pete Buttigieg spoke at the Michigan Democrats election night party while results were still coming in. He said the White House will be "in the wrong hands for two more years," but that it will have to hear the message voters sent from Michigan and communities across the country: "we have the last word."

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Who
Pete Buttigieg
Where
rally - election night, Michigan Democrats election night party, Detroit
Original footage
MLive · watch the full video from this moment
Length
33 seconds, unedited within the cut
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4 on Instagram
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Part of the results are still coming in, but to put it very, very mildly, I'd rather be us right now. Now we know we have a lot of work to do. We're going to have to work to deliver. We're going to have to face the fact that the White House is going to be in the wrong hands for two more years. But even this White House will have to hear the powerful message that we sent for this day to Michigan, the communities across the country. They can ignore the American people no longer because we have the last word when it comes to election then.

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