Peter Paul Montgomery Buttigieg, Mayor Pete but most famously Pete Buttigieg is a 37 year old mayor from South Bend, Indiana. Pete has become more and more popular amongst the polls recently, as well as appearing on many late night talk shows. You might have heard his name, and if you were curious here is a formal introduction! Even Pete is in the top 5 of Democrats, he is considered the underdog of the race. Being only 37 he does have more Government experience than the President, more executive experience than the Vice President and more military experience than any President after George H.W Bush. He believes experience should be valued over age. One of the main reasons he seems to be popular is that he is very intelligent and quick on his feet. He can speak English, Spanish, French, Dari, Arabic, Maltese, Italian and a fragment of Norwegian.
A quote from his website states “Pete served as a lieutenant in the U.S. Navy Reserve and took an unpaid seven-month leave during his mayoral term to deploy to Afghanistan. For his counterterrorism work, he earned the Joint Service Commendation Medal. A Rhodes Scholar at Oxford and a graduate of Harvard University, Pete lives with his husband Chasten in the same South Bend neighborhood where he grew up, with their two rescue dogs, Truman and Buddy…Pete is laying out a vision, values, and policies to ensure that America’s future is better than its past. We need to secure a future in which every American has the freedom to live a life of their choosing; where our republic grows more and not less democratic; where racial justice is a reality and not a dream; where we’ve put an end to endless war; where we’ve summoned the national will to meet the challenge of climate change; where everyone has the health care they need; and where everyone has the chance to find purpose and belonging in our economy and our country.”
If you want to learn more about his values in depth go to his website https://peteforamerica.com/home/ !
