Chamath Palihapitiya just destroyed Pete Buttigieg on immigration.

Chamath Palihapitiya just destroyed Pete Buttigieg on immigration.

As Buttigieg flailed over Trump’s deportation policies, claiming that he “thrives on a politics of fear,” chamath
dropped a line that dismantled his entire narrative on the spot.

“Can I just say, as the only immigrant right now on this podcast, who immigrated here LEGALLY, I feel much safer and better under a Donald Trump presidency than I ever did under under a Biden presidency.”

“Just want you to hear it from my mouth, for what that’s worth.”

Buttigieg immediately tried to lecture him:

“Do you feel safer about that a Latino doctor crossing the street in Washington D.C. is getting hassled or harassed because they’re brown?”

Palihapitiya didn’t even pause.

“I don’t think that I’ve heard that…”

Then he hit even harder, drawing from his own life to demolish the talking point:

“After 9/11 for example, for years I had ‘SSS’ on my boarding passes.”

“I was pulled over constantly and people probably thought that I was a Muslim hijacker.”

“So I know what it feels like to be harassed, and what I’m telling you categorically is I feel safer in this presidency than I have ever felt.”

“And I’m just letting you know that. Just my lived experience.” https://x.com/overton_news/status/1983986811597652078