Mayor Buttigieg on America's Future

Pete Buttigieg, mayor of South Bend, Indiana, talks about his possible run for president in 2020 and his new book, Shortest Way Home: One Mayor's Challenge and a Model for America's Future (Liveright, 2019).

"I can tell we’ve hit a nerve, not only with a generational message but with the substance of what I’m trying to communicate. We’re getting supporters from every state of the union," says @PeteButtigieg. Tweet or call now to talk to the Mayor + presidential hopeful 212-433-9692.

— Brian Lehrer Show (@BrianLehrer) February 14, 2019

"I have a lot of respect for the work that’s done in Washington but I think it might be a virtue that I’m not someone who gets up to work in the morning and goes to Washington." 2/2 https://t.co/hkCvgSE3fX

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"I have more experience in government than the President, and more executive experience than the Vice President. I have more military experience than anyone who has walked into that office since George W. Bush," says Mayor @PeteButtigieg on his presidential bid.

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"That means that things are changing around us and that it’s no longer a theoretical issue, it’s a practical one." 2/2 https://t.co/2wFSz4Ydlb

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Mayor @PeteButtigieg proposes "'Medicare for All Who Want It'... if people like me are right, organically it will move you toward a single-payer system," if he were to be elected president in 2020.

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"People in my generation are going to change professions.... That’s not a challenge from an income perspective, that’s a challenge from a social perspective. A job isn’t just a paycheck, it’s how we explain how we fit in the world," says @PeteButtigieg. pic.twitter.com/hlDxEsOgLM

— Brian Lehrer Show (@BrianLehrer) February 14, 2019