Add South Bend, Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg‘s name to the rolls — he’s officially running for President in 2020 as yet another promising young candidate in a powerful, but crowded, field of Democrats.
The young Mayor made his announcement on Sunday afternoon during a campaign rally in South Bend, where he formally indicated that he is going to make a run for the White House — and against President Donald Trump — in this campaign cycle. You can see it all go down in the video recapturing the livestreamed speech (above)!!!!
It’s a very solid and well-spoken speech, and one that may push Pete yet further up in the polls over the next few days. Memorable with powerful lines and a strong delivery from the popular young Mayor… he doesn’t quite have Barack Obama‘s speech-giving ability, but the guy ain’t far off, OK?!
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Now, though, Mayor Pete joins what seems like a million other Democrats running for the position… and some of ’em are sure not be push-overs, flanked by decades of high-level political experience and serious campaign funds to boot.
Buttigieg makes for a very interesting candidate; he’s a war veteran, a gay man, and the successful mayor of a mid-sized Midwestern American city with a very strong track record on public policy and getting things done with City Hall. And yet, he’s still very young, and lacks some of the bona fides — and big time dollars — that might come with a Governor, a Senator, or a sitting member of Congress running here instead.
Nevertheless, even as one of the younger contenders out there in a very crowded and mish-mashed field of candidates, Buttigieg has gained a TON of popularity recently because he’s just so damn likable! We’ve taken to him the last few weeks and he’s getting quite a bit of pop culture traction with his policies, middle America humility, and progressive ideals. He seems to check every box that you’d want in a President (especially one to follow a moron like Trump), but does Buttigieg have what it takes to really make it happen?
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It’s interesting… he’s been going on quite the media tour recently to ramp up his name recognition and prepare for this moment; just the other day, Buttigieg spoke to a media outlet about how he’d deal with any anti-gay or anti-LGBT rhetoric from the Trump camp on the campaign trail.
What do U think, Perezcious readers?! Is this Mayor Pete’s moment?? Can he capture the interest of the American people?? Or will he fade back into obscurity after a few weeks leading the polls in the primaries?! Sound OFF with all your opinions in the comments (below)…
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