because i built it in the most difficult circumstances before in the middle of a war, i led troops in combat as a marine platoon commander over four tours in iraq or my fundamental job was to bring together this incredibly diverse group of americans from all over this country, different religious beliefs, different political beliefs, and get them united behind a common mission to serve america in the middle of a very divisive time, a war that many of us disagreed with. that s the leadership we need from the next president of the united states. bret: you re talking about bringing people together but you told the washington post in this interview that you called president trump unpatriotic because he received a deferment to the vietnam war. he has a warped view of patriotism, you said. anybody who didn t serve in vietnam is unpatriotic? or specifically is president? i think that if you lie to get out of the war, that makes you unpatriotic, especially knowing that it s not like
erratically, emotionally, and politically. often dlifd by means of early morning tweet. with little regard for strategy and no preparation for long-term consequences. for buttigieg a former naval intelligence officer it s a way to differentiate himself from much and to mark a generational shift for his party. i should act knowledge for the better part of my lifetime, it has been difficult to identify a consistent foreign policy in the democratic party either. reporter: the speech, laying down a marker, the primary of 23 candidates. thank you. buttigieg s service and age of just 37-years-old also serves as a direct contrast to trump, himself. who didn t serve and received a deferment from the vietnam on account of bone spurs. it s something buttigieg has brought up with increasing frequency on the campaign trail. i don t have a problem standing up to somebody who was
communist expansionism. the record was pretty clear that it was aided and abetted, conflict came from the north. it had aid from stosoviet union china and that is what we were trying to stop. there were a lot of things wrong with the planning, with the leadership in the white house and we know a lot more afterwards. so it is real easy for someone who didn t serve to give us a retrospective lisk ke he did, bi remember at the time when the majority of the american people supported what we were doing in vietnam. they knew it was about containing com new micew commun he said he was making up for it now. would you have liked to serve? i would not have minded but i think i make up for it now. $700 billion this year i gave
turn that spotlight he seems to aim at donald trump. turn that on some of his peers who had the opportunity to volunteer but instead, chose a college or career. this did not and in 1973 when the vietnam war ended. when barack obama didn t serve, kamala harris, aoc or any others chose not to volunteer though they did it in a system that is very different from the vietnam war someone else did go in their place. i would like to hear pete ask that question. tucker: i like to hear him justify his time at mckenzie. speaking of moral crimes. thank you very much for coming on. well, a guy you never heard of who supports trump allegedly made a video making fun of nancy pelosi. you can t do that. don t do that! that would be our advice because facebook decides to destroy him and did. we ll tell you what happened after the break. i have a vision correction number,
need to hear from him, but i really hope he considers for the sake of the country making a statement publicly and taking questions publicly. lastly, congressman, i ve been asking a lot of members of congress, especially veterans, who they re going to be thinking about this weekend, memorial day weekend. you didn t serve, neither did i. but i know that there is somebody special that you re going to be thinking about this weekend? matthew axleson was born in cupertino in my district, he served in afghanistan, he lead counterterrorism operations, he was a navy s.e.a.l. unfortunately, he lost his life at 29. i had reached out to his parents this morning. the entire district is thinking of him, our country is thinking of him, and i salute his sacrifices and the sacrifice of so many others. thank you for bringing that up. thank you for sharing that. and the name might be familiar to people who have read the book lone survivor or seen the movie, lone survivor. thank you. senator b