Buttigieg on WH: ‘Not getting the leadership that we need to bring this country together

Former U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg said the Trump administration is not providing the “leadership that we need to bring this country together” after Charlie Kirk was fatally shot last week.

During an appearance on NBC’s “Meet The Press,” Buttigieg was asked about President Trump’s video he posted on Truth Social after announcing Kirk’s death, where he said his administration “will find each and every one of those who contributed to this atrocity, and to other political violence, including the organizations that fund it and support it.”

“We’re not getting the leadership that we need to bring this country together from the White House,” he said. “And in order to turn the tide of political violence, yes, we have to reject those who commit political violence. Yes, we have to reject those who celebrate or promote political violence. But also, in order to deprive political violence of its power, we have to reject anyone who would try to exploit political violence.”

“We need to have free and open political debate and a healthy political process in this country,” he continued. “And by the way, just like an overwhelming majority of Americans reject violence, an overwhelming majority of Americans, left, right, and center, believe that the government should not be cracking down on its political opponents because they are political opponents. Not in the United States of America. Not ever.” LINK