“The mid-2020s does not represent our nation’s first experience with corruption and self-dealing, with bigotry and exclusion, with inequality and injustice, with undemocratic behavior or with political violence,”

Pete Buttigieg · said 2026-08-22 · reported 2026-08-23

Buttigieg said during an evening speech to the NAACP branch in Orangeburg that Trump's second term may feel familiar to civil rights activists.