Buttigieg blasts Trump for ‘lazy’ campaign attacks: ‘He’s lost a step’

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Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg wondered Friday if Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump’s heart was in the 2024 campaign anymore, calling his attacks on Democratic vice presidential candidate Tim Walz “pretty mushy and lazy.”

Buttigieg, whose name was also speculated to be in the Democratic vice presidential conversation, appeared on CNN to discuss a range of topics, including Trump’s Thursday press conference at his Mar-a-Lago resort, which many critics described as “rambling.” The network played a clip of the former president’s remarks about Vice President Kamala Harris’s running mate.

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