Buttigieg: ‘I Can Safely Walk My Dog to the Capitol Today’ Compared to Four Years Ago

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BUTTIGIEG: "Again, we got to think about where we were just a few years ago. You know, out this window you can see Capitol Hill. I remember what it was like moving here with Chasten and our dogs, and not being able to get that close to the Capitol because it was surrounded with security fencing in response to the violent attack on that Capitol that the previous president’s supporters had just perpetrated. Those were the conditions in terms of security and law and order that President Biden inherited, and, just in ordinary cities and streets, crime at an elevated level that had begun to happen under President Trump. So we need to talk about the reality. And again, there’s a lot of funding and a lot of energy going into telling a different story, especially on ideological news outlets and online, but the simple facts and the simple reality are right here, staring us in the face, including the fact that I can safely walk my dog to the Capitol today, in a way that you couldn’t do when we all got here. And also something you shouldn’t have to say, but let’s be clear, if you have been convicted by a jury of your peers for a violent crime, and you were incarcerated, you are not a hostage."