Opinion | What Pete Buttigieg Learned Playing JD Vance - The New York Times

“Pete Buttigieg has had had one of these fascinating rises in politics. He went from being mayor of South Bend, Indiana, a small but noble town —” “I’m convinced that we’re going to remember these years that we’re living through right now as some of the most pivotal and transformative and important in the life of our city.” — to an unexpectedly competitive presidential candidate, winning Iowa in 2020 — “Thank you, Iowa.” — to Secretary of Transportation — “America is building like we haven’t built in more than 70 years.” “and now this year, to the Democratic Party’s acknowledged best of class communicator.” “— trying to make people think that crime is up when crime is down under Joe Biden, and crime was up under Donald Trump. Now, I don’t know how often that gets reported on this network. So if you’re watching this at home, do yourself a favor and look up the data. And the big question, I think, for politics, for policy, for media, is who is going to help them versus who is going to us

“Pete Buttigieg has had had one of these fascinating rises in politics. He went from being mayor of South Bend, Indiana, a small but noble town —” “I’m convinced that we’re going to remember these years that we’re living through right now as some of the most pivotal and transformative and important in the life of our city.” — to an unexpectedly competitive presidential candidate, winning Iowa in 2020 — “Thank you, Iowa.” — to Secretary of Transportation — “America is building like we haven’t built in more than 70 years.” “and now this year, to the Democratic Party’s acknowledged best of class