Pete Buttigieg on Heckler: Coffee After Church Gets a Little Rowdy Sometimes
‘We ought to be able to view it differently and never question one another’s right to be American’
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PROTESTER: "Grandparents, do you want you grandchildren following his example? God loves us! God loves us! But he stands for the murder of unborn babies."
(Crowd booing)
BUTTIGIEG: Coffee after church gets a little rowdy sometimes, right? That gentleman believes that what he is doing is in line with the will of the creator. I view it differently. We ought to be able to view it differently and never question one another’s right to be American. I mean, America’s most elegant feature is the ability to accommodate such passionately different views and not budge from our values and still come into the public space in a spirit of respect and get things done. But we don’t have that in Washington right now, do we?"
(Via CNN)
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