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Mayor pete buttigieg implying beto o'rourke's mandatory buyback is unachievable. >> we cannot wait for purity tests. we have to just get something done. >> this is not a purity test. this is a country that loses 40,000 of our fellow americans every year to gun violence. this is a crisis. we've got to do something about it. >> i don't need lessons from you on courage political or personal. everyone on this stage is determined to get something done. >> reporter: buttigieg also clashing with fellow combat veteran tulsi gabbard over president trump's decision to withdraw troops from syria. >> what...

Trillions of dollars. no explanation for where it will come from. we can deliver healthcare for everybody. we can deliver college for low and middle income students free. we can deliver all of these ambitious proposals that will make peoples lives different. without breaking the bank. that means being smart about what we're promises up front. it's the difference between me and warren and others. >> you mention that purity test. not something you think the democratic party should be -- what is warren applying in this race? >> the idea that medicare for all doesn't count unless it obliterates pl...

We have to just get something down done. >> this is not a purity test. this is a country that loses 40,000 of our fellow americans every year to gun violence. this is a crisis. we've got to do something about it. those challenges you described are not mutually exclusive to the challenges i'm discussing. to use the analogy of health care, it would be as though we said we're for primary care burr let's not talk about mental health care because that's a bridge too far. people need that primary care now so -- no, let's decide what we are going to believe in, what we're going to to achieve. listeni...

Itself. the idea that doesn't count unless we also obliterate the private plans. the idea that major immigration reform doesn't count unless we decriminalize border crossing or a major package on gun law doesn't count unless we go fur. this gets us trapped where we could wind up with nothing at all. >> the question was about big structural change vs. getting things done in an evolutionary way. you said it was a false choice. you're saying the purity test might make it harder to defeat trump. >> the purity will make it harder to unify the american people. it's about what comes next after winnin...

Intimidate, that weapon will be taken from them. if they persist, there will be consequences from law enforcement. >> you just made it clear that you don't know how this is going to take weapons off the streets. we cannot wait for purity tests. we have to get something done. >> it's not purity test. it's a country that loses 40,000 every year to gun violence. listening to my fellow americans, let's follow their inspiration and lead to not be limited by the polls and the consultants on the focus groups. >> the problem isn't the polls. it's the policy. i don't need lessons from you on courage. p...