From "Mayor Pete" to "Slayer Pete," his appearances on Fox News could be the Biden campaign's secret weapon…
This is the story of Pete Buttigieg.
This is the story of Pete Buttigieg.
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00:00Get that I'm the young guy in the conversation, but I would say experience is what qualifies me to have a seat at this table
00:30I'm the only one who's been on Fox so far because there are so many viewers who may never hear what our party has to say
00:36at all
00:47My father emigrated to this country because he knew it was the best place in the world to get an advanced education
00:54He
00:56Became an American citizen and met my mother a young professor who is the daughter of an army colonel in a piano teacher
01:04You
01:21From elementary school on he was a private person about personal matters
01:33You
01:42Well, you have to admit that with a very unusual last name
01:48Nobody could pronounce it
01:50It was primed for jokes
01:53and
01:54So he had to put up with that from the beginning
01:58Every new school and I'm including colleges when Peter would get there
02:03There would be a climate of we're gonna take him down the peg
02:27You
02:57You
03:28That's why I'm running for Indiana State Treasurer, but it's not about me it's about you
03:51When I took office we were being dismissed as a dying community
03:54The important thing that I think people need to know about South Bend story is that
03:59we didn't change our trajectory because I went around saying things like I alone can fix it or
04:05We're going to make our city great again
04:07I
04:24Also wanted to take this opportunity just to thank South Bend and everybody there for being so supportive
04:30I
04:34Hope it gets people thinking and I hope everybody realizes that the Sun came up today. I'm the exact same person. I was yesterday
04:44Well, this is a chance for the DNC to show that it's ready for a fresh start that it's ready for change
05:01You
05:04Being married to Chaston has made me a better human being
05:08Because it has made me more compassionate
05:10more understanding
05:12more self-aware and more decent
05:16My marriage to Chaston has made me a better man. And yes, mr. Vice President. It has moved me closer to God
05:30It's the best way to pronounce your last name Buttigieg, but around South Bend they just call me mayor Pete
05:44I'm a proud son of South Bend, Indiana, and I am running for president of the United States
05:50You
05:58That's the kind of experience that I think is really what we need not to mention the fact that I bring more
06:03Military experience to the office than any president. We've had go in there almost 30 years. So I will
06:11grant that my experience especially in the sense that I've not been marinating in Washington for a long time is
06:17Different than a lot of people, but I would argue it's no less relevant
06:30I'm looking for a leader
06:31I'm looking for a president who will draw out what is best in each of us and I'm encouraging
06:38Everybody who is part of my campaign to join me because we have found that leader in vice president soon-to-be president Joe Biden
06:47You
06:59And we could look into why an
07:01Evangelical Christian like Mike Pence wants to be on a ticket with the president caught with a porn star
07:06You know why you would want to be in a room with other people if you were
07:10Contagious with a deadly disease and you care about other sure, but maybe the president doesn't care about other people