Buttigieg campaign here. [applause] i am so thrilled to see each and everyone of you here taken time out of your day to an active role in electing the candidate who will take down donald trump in november. [cheers and applause] before you come here to carson city i was working in montana for a nonprofit dedicated to assisting students experiencing homelessness come making them feel like they belong, helping them understand their full potential. I knew there were not aloneul ia fight and that millions of americans have experienced similar feelings of exclusion and that the Current System is actively working against those who need the most help. I wanted to be involved in making bold changes happen and they knew that i could make a difference on the campaign here. [applause] when i packed up my bags and moved out here i had no idea what to expect. All i had was a car they do not even making it more. A couple of suitcases, byse wonderful dog and an eagerness to elect a candidate who can heal the divides of this nation and begin a new american era. [applause] from the first day that i didnt put in carson city to work for this company felt like i belonged here. There was a community of tea supporters already talking to the neighbors and that Community Group day after day as we went around to bridge divide include everyone and create a Diverse Coalition of americans defined by belonging. [applause] so today i stand in front of you as a First Generation College students born to a mom who waited tables and a dad who fixed vacuum cleaners just to make ends meet. And i say sorry. No matter who you are aware you come from you are welcome here. Whether you going to early vote tomorrow from 10 a. M. To 8 p. M. At the Carson Kennedy center or youre making the trip to your caucus location this saturday, there is aur place for you on ts campaign. Im inviting you to join us in spreading the word about pete, the candidate would unite this divided nation and who will make sure just like youve made me feel like i belong in carson, that every american feels they belong in this amazing country. [applause] his records over to the country committed to equitable and inclusive america make him the best candidate today cant all trump in november and guide our nation to a new era of belonging and community. And with that please help me and giving a warm welcome to the next president of United States, pete buttigieg. [cheers and applause] thank you. Thank you. Thank thank you, brady. Thank you to our hosts. Can you hearno me now . All right. It feels so good to campaign outdoors for thery first time ia very long time. So thrilled to be with you as we pull into the final days of the nevada portion of the nominating contest that will help decide the future of the presidency and, therefore, the country. So much depends on getting this right, and im here, if youre a supporter, to thank you for your support and to urge s you to continue sharing this message with everybody you know. And if youre still making up your mind [inaudible] i might just have to haul her. There we. All right. So here to ask you for your support and to share why come to share the values and the message of this campaign and to share a game plann for moving our county to a better place. It all starts this sunday day with an image that is the guiding image of my campaign and want to invite you to visualize it, yourself, to form in your mind as specifically as you can, a sense of how its going to be, what its going tofi be like the first time at the sun comes up over carson city and donald trump is no longer the president of the United States. [cheers and applause] are you ready for that day . [cheers and applause] wont it feel good to put the chaos behind us . Arent you ready to put the corruption behind us . Wouldnt it be nice to put the tweets behind us . Sooner rather than later. We have to make sure you bring that day about and this is our chance. This is our only chance to make sure that happens. And the good news is, the power is in our hands. I know that they can be depressing to watch the news sometimes. I know it can be exhausting sometimes to watch the news. But we cannot give in to the temptation to turn it off and walk away. Because as frustrating as it was to watch what happened with the senate gop, for example, now is our chance to remember that the senate may have been the jury then, but the verdict is up to us now on this president and on the senators who protected him. [applause] but thats why so important that this right. Its important that we have now many who can call as Many Americans as possible into aur shared vision of a better future. E with a talk about how much we need a new president , it doesnt even feel like a partisan sentiment in more. Not only do i have fellow diehard democrats want to bring that about but i meet so many independents who are ready to line up at our side and were seeing an awful lot of what i like to call you true former republicans who are coming to our eventss and you are very welcome to join us in this effort. [applause] our campaign is not defined by whose help we reject or who we turn away. We are never going to suggest because you dont agree with us 100 of the time that we dont belong together. We have got to come together in this fight. So it a world where you have to choose between either a revolution or the status quo, doesnt sound like a world would you belong, you belong in this campaign because together we are going to turn the page and bring that a politics in washington. [applause] better politics. But that is going to get different approach. Some people so what makes you think you can run for president courts you are a mayor. You have spent years or decades marinating in ways of washington, to which i say, that is very much the point. Where to bring a better voice to washington. [applause] we also have to have a candidate ready to go toe to toe with this president. Dont you think a president who talks about the forgotten men and women but has only kept one economic promise, and that was the promised to cut taxes on corporations and the wealthiest . Dont you think you ought to have to compete with somebody who lives and works in the middle class neighborhood in the middle of the International Midwest . [applause] dont you think a president who tries to cloak his own misconduct in the garb of religion, i mean, this president. [laughing] ought to be held to account by somebody not afraid to insist and call out to fellow believers with a message that god does not belong to a Political Party and that this country belongs to people of every religion and no religion equally. [applause] dont youbu think a president given to. [talking over each other] and chest thumping for himself military parades but who avoided serving when it was his turn to have to defend that nexus for those who were the uniform of this country that is not going to why support our troops mean spending endless war . [cheers and applause] thats why this is the campaign is goingp to put them into the trump presidency. But whos the realso reason i ak you to visualize that sunrise that they this presidency is in the past. I believe thats the day i work begins and that is the day we got to galvanize and not polarize an american majority thats not just come to agreement on who it is where against in the white house but even more powerfully unified when it comes to what we are for, what we want to see happen in this country together. Because there is an american majority, and historic american majority right now committed to making sure we act to ensure theres no such thing as an uninsured american when it come to health care in the United States. [cheers and applause] where the historic american majority right now that agrees it makes r no sense for giant corporations to pay zero in federal income taxes, wants to raise wages, and our workers and see to it that one job is enough in the United States of america whether you have a a College Degree or not. [applause] and american majority understands that the Housing Affordability crisis cannot go on and that we need federal leadership to make sure that everyone has security when it comes to having a roof over their head in this country. [cheers and applause] a majority insisting that we take the steps now in our time to see to it that this become a country where your race has no bearing on your health, or your wealth, your Life Expectancy for your experiences with law enforcement. [applause] a majority that recognizes that immigration is the lifeblood of this country. [applause] [speaking spanish] that this country for dreamers is your country, too. [applause] historic american majority insisting that we do something now to make sure that we are ready to talk about and act on Mental Health and Substance Abuse issues just as naturally as we would any other medical concern. [applause] a majority that is committed to our future which meansco investg in a future generation in supporting those who educate them with the secretary of education who actually believes in public educationat and suppos our teachers and our community colleges. He applause] the American People are already ready for this to happen. We just have to start to get washington to actually reflect with the American People are insisting on and this is our chance to do it. Not just that, i think you make people are also ready for a president you canon see in television and i can feel your Blood Pressure go down a little bit instead of up through the roof. Sense of just a little more calm and forbearance must come a sense of urgency because we cannot wait. These changes cannot wait four years or 10 years. We have got to act now. I am reminded not just by the voters were meeting but the americans who are not yet old enough to vote. Who deserve better leadership. An 11yearold came to one of my events and asked about Prescription Drug affordability. My first thought was, that is pretty cool, we have an emerging policy buff at the age of 11. Then he shared why he was asking. He was worried about whether he would be able to access the insulin he needs in order to live. That should not be his problem. He should not have to wait for us to deliver a day when there is no such thing as an unaffordable prescription in the United States of america. We have to act now. It cannot wait. [applause] mayor buttigieg a 13yearold let me know she asked for a kevlar backpack for christmas. The time has come for us to demonstrate that we get that the Second Amendment is no excuse to do absolutely nothing when it comes to protecting lives from gun violence in this country. [applause] mayor buttigieg when a kid comes to an event of mine this tall wearing a blue tie and white shirt and very diplomatically points out that he is planning to be here in the year 2100 and when he is, he will be looking back on the choices we made right now and see whether we did what it took to secure a climate future for him to thrive in before it was too late, he cannot wait for us to leave the world on climate change. This is our chance. [applause] mayor buttigieg these are the changes i believe we can only deliver with the presidency in the right hands. That is why i am asking for your support. I am not running for this of us because i got into my head one day i would like to occupy it. Thelieve has a purpose. We have gathered up your questions. He is goin hes going to cut a conversation as a talk about what is on your mind. [applause] all right, all right. You thought you were done with me. All right. I know im biased but dont we have the nicest, most energetic staffers on this campaign . [applause] all right. So the first question we have here is, what is the plant in case trump wont exit the white house . E . Obviously, obviously in parentheses after you win. Obviously. If thats your question let me know. That would make for an awkward movein day when were getting settled in. I mean if he really does want to leave, we could work something out but you have to do his chores. [laughing] i wouldnt be counting on it. I mean look, kidding apart, the legitimacy of our election is part of whatsan come under attk and is part of what we have to defend. Make sure that we establish that personal theres only one president at this time but also this is what i believe its important for us to not only eke out to win but to build a powerful american majority. Because youd have to be a diehard democrat of trouble looking her kids and i and explaining this president behavior. We can build a big enough majority that this election is not even within cheating distance. And we should because thats the only way to send the political shockwaves that would be needed to reunite senate gop members with a concert and i determined to build the biggest buzz Coalition Possible so we win big. [applause] and next when we have here is how will infrastructure a priority in your administration. Is great question. This is music toyo a mayors ears when every structure comes up. The first of all we cannot continue to tolerate crumbling and deteriorating roads and bridges and it will take federal funding to do something about it. Im proposing over the course of a decade 1 trillion of investment. If that sounds like a lot it is but its a lot cheaper than allowing things to continue the way that they are. With hardware infrastructure its not just about shiny new exciting things. So taking care of the basics. A lotcs of questions are racial and Economic Justice are at stake in infrastructure. Just ask the residents of the city off flint. Water is supposed to be something so reliable that anybody who doesnt work in the waterworks should take itou for granted. But when thats not true your family is in danger and we saw that happen in it disproportional happened in lowincome communities and it disproportional happens the familiesndte of color. Similarly, my own committee we face huge leaded challenges that because of the water. Its. Was the paint, the houses. Part a spin on the first trucks making sure we invest in lead remediation so were not having a future generation have opportunities robbed for the rest of their lives. Part ofon infrastructure means digital infrastructure. Thats what i propose we invest what it takes totu make sure evy american is connected either by fiber or by wireless highquality broadband that you need in orderro to succeed and thrive. [applause] and i know here in the west in particular there is an understanding of the need to make sure that we are managing water and wastewater and access to Water Resources better than we have been. That means investing in conservation, investing in technology and negotiating fair and equitable water sharing agreements not just among states but with the tribes so were finally managing our lands in a way that is consistent with what future generations would expect of us. [applause] as president how will you address native american criminal justice systems in this country . And again if it is you give a shout some luck in the right direction. Thank you. As you know, tribal sovereignty is not always respected when it comes to criminal justice, and in particular the way in which jurisdiction is taken out of the hands of tribal authorities based on the citizenship of somebody who could be accused of the crime. If we want to confront issues like the crisis of the missing and murdered indigenous women, if p and if were just played serious about the sovereign relationships betweenn the unid states and tribes and taking care of those were both u. S. Citizens and tribal citizens, we need to change this. Thats what we need a fix, Supreme Court decisions that eroded tribal sovereignty and i will appoint judges and justices election understand Tribal Affairs in addition to making sure we backed legislation to fix these issuesto so that no oe is any less safe and no local authorities are any less empowered just because they are in indian country. [cheers and applause] so to paraphrase can you said we need to make it affordable to go to college. And affordable nt too as well. Would you elaborate . For sure. Again, give a a holler some lok in the right direction. Heres how we make sure its affordable to go to college. There you are. Thanks for coming. So we need a state, federal partnership to make sure that college cost is never a barrier. Thats on the front in making sure that we have more support. Under my plan tuition would be free for about 80 of america. We would haveg a sliding scale. If youre in the top income brackett i still wish you well n your studies, i just need you to pay your own tuition so we can say those precious tax dollars for other purposes but the ideas to make sure cost never gets in the way. If people do emerge with that and i can relate because we have 60 did that in our household, then we have much more generous plan for loan forgiveness for things like public service. We have to make that program way more userfriendly. [applause] the reason i thought of making more affordable to not go to college in this country is that not everybody will not everybody wants to. What message are we sending it a College Degree is the only ticket to prosperity . Where i live three out of four residents dont have a College Degree, and they deserve just as much as in the else to live well, to prosper, to be able to afford to raise the kids, to be able to afford to be generous in the church leaked or whatever they want to. We got to be an economy that can deliver that but right now the middle class is being undermined by a tax on organized labor which have the best track with embracing wages and living conditions. Weve got low income earners suffering the fact that the minimum wage, if you figure in inflation, has been cut over the years and its why we need 15 to be the minimum, the floor on the minimum wage in this country. [applause] and its why we need to invest in the affordability of life in america because even when wages are going up its that keeping up with the cost of retirement, cost of education, the cost of housing and healthcare, prescriptions. Thats what we at act on Prescription Drug affordability i have planned make sure theres more Affordable Housing for anybody in this country knowing what a crisis level housing has gotten too. And ensuring employers to the part where the art fulltime worker or whether they call you a contract or whether the call you a geek worker, if youre doing work that makes you work i got to be, protected as worker with the benefits, sick leave at all the things neededel in order to do well. Whether you have a College Degree or not. [applause] how do you plan on addressing how k12 public teachers are paid about this country . So as the spouse of the middle School Teacher i a have some very strong views on this. First of all, we are asking so much more of teachers than ever. I have seen how teachers take on the responsibility of the wellbeing of the students, get into the own Bank Accounts to buy supplies for classrooms. Often are asked to handle Mental Health challenges that their students are facing without being given any of the resources to do it. And not only that now you some politicians expecting teachers to transform into a highly trained armed guards if theres a threat to the school. Meanwhile we are not compensating this profession in a wayei that matches first of al the cost of being qualified to do it, and also how important it is. It starts with something very important and very simple, teachers should get paid more and we can do that. [applause] we all thought to back them up by elevating the way we regard the profession. I propose and Education Access core, again to the top of the catalyst that allow teachers are willing to commit it to gg in title i schoolsho to go to certn high quality programs that they do have a transferable license they can take anywhere in the country and have all of their debt forgiven. [applause] infrastructure means investing in School Infrastructure making theres a quality learning a vibrant for teachers to work in an students to learn in. And in its making sure we are not so over reliant on standardized testing that the job of teaching gets automated away when teachers have so much to bring. [applause] what are you doing to protect people who are not documented throughout this entire country . So in our community, maybe this is whatou you think of when you think indiana, but mine is easy said that lost almost a quarter of its people at the factories closed. Now our city is growing and we are so proud. Its not going by much but we are proud of the fact it is positive number. Thats the most entirely the result of immigration. Making a difference in the families and neighborhoods and businesses of our community. And many of them are undocumented. In particular im beating kids something somebody who i already know as a leader or an important active volunteer in our community will come out so to speak as undocumented and let me know that inn addition to all te work theyre doingif to be partf the life of our committee they have the answer to hang over their head of the threat of deportation. Including dreamers who this is the only country they know. Of this is not something that is making america stronger right now. The time has come for us to actually deliver real Immigration Reform starting with a path to citizenship. [applause] and lets get it right because we havent had a real fix Immigration Law in this country since the 80s. That means you see country quotas and things set based on the way they can look in 80s. This country needs more people that its immigration system is willing to allow. What happens . The people, but then they aren danger of all of the uncertainties that come with being a document in this country. Even though there often paying taxes and contributing in so many ways. There are day one activities and then big reforms weve got to do. Do. On day one we go to i the border and resort managing the border in a in a way that matches our values as was our laws, with humanity and compassion as well as security. [applause] no such thing as a forprofit facility for the detention of children when im president. [cheers and applause] then we undertake the bigger systemic reforms from a pathway to citizenship to full protections to dreamers to fixing the lawful immigration system i, debt gotti. If that systemm are working we would not have 11 million undocumented people in this country. We shouldnt be afraid because the American People want it to happen. We just need a president willing to force the American Senate to do what the American People want. [applause] how will you bring the country together after you are voted in as president . I like the premise of the question. Is that you . So look, part of the job of a president is to unify the country. It does mean everyone is going to agree. That will never happen. No two people in the space between everything, but when youre a one of the things you and very quickly about your job is that you and walking symbol of unity of your city. You remind people even if they didnt vote for you, people who are very different and diverse and a a different experiences m each other the families one thing in common and thats they belong to the same committee. So much more so for the president. I think the part that is costing as the most about living under this president on top of the policies that dont make sense in the management thats not very good, is the absence of that voice to remind us that you ought to be able to look at the president , even if you disagree, and be reminded of the presidency and, therefore, the country belonged you. I will take that responsibility very seriously. When i was deployed, i was with people who wereen totally different than me. I mean, different politically, for sure, racially come generationally, from different parts of the country, and that we learned to trust each other because if youre getting in my vehicle we were going on outside the wire road trip between baku airfield and cobble, you didnt care if i was going home to a girlfriend or boyfriend. You care it was a democrat or republican of a country my dad immigrated from. You can define how to use my import and if i studied intelligent braving the night before. We had a job to do. [applause] and we learn to trust each other with our allies. I want every american to get the chance to connect with others without having to go to war in order to get it and thats why believe in creating 1 million paid voluntary National Service opportunities a year for people to have experiences with fellow americans doing big things. [applause] so thats just one example of a program that could make a difference, but its not just about policies and programs. Its about the message you sent in the message i will work to seeing everyday. As we are trying to do in this campaign, as you live at the values of this Campaign Calling others in an respecting those we disagree with have been able to just health is that we better country by building a politics that revolves around the idea of belonging, not exclusion. Thats the only way forward, in my deal. [applause] in my view. This is our last bastion. So, regarding assault weapons bans with the amount of gun owners who will likely resist compliance, how we peacefully implement these policies, considering talks of a civil war some republicans have come in short, how do we avoid violene and now would noncompliance be handled . The first thing we have to remember is that the biggest thing that the Government Works for us instead of the other way around. Is your vote. Its our democracy, and our democracy is actively under attack. If we let them undermine our democracy, a garage full of a ours isnt going to hell. Our democracy comes first. I also believe we can take commonsense steps beginning with a band on u the new sale of assault weapons, even ifve we havent worked out some of the other things that this country needs to do. We cant let the perfect the enemy of the good, and the vast majority of americans agree and talking republicans, gunowners, agree with these ought to be doing background checks and red flag laws. [applause] and we got to be willing to draw a line somewhere but this is not true, some folksit think that te constitution means that you can have any limit on any weapon. Just think about it for a second or weve already decided thats not the case. Anybody can have a water balloon. Nobody can have a nuclear weapon. So somewhere we draw, some as a society we choose to draw a line. What i believe and what most americans believe is where to draw that line a little bit tighter. Because the kinds of weaponry i trained on in order to serve have no business being sold for profit anywhere near an American School or Community Center or concert. So lets start there and come together. [cheers and applause] one more time for brady for guiding our discussion and represent our community so well. [applause] and a big thank you to everybody here for joining us. Hopefully now you understand what i believe is at stake and wife asking for your support to ask you for one more thing. If you believe in the vision of thisof campaign, and that is to take it to those in your life who may have decided to just walk away and switch it off because it so exhausting. I get the temptation but this of all types of the time we got to get more involved, not less. Frankly the most powerful thing in the world to persuade somebody is not seeing an ad or speech for me. Its your word from you, hearing a word from somebody already in your life. Thats how our organizing works and thats a campaigning at its best work spirit you have a chance anyone here has a chance to do that. One asking you to do is to bottle up what ever since the pope brought you here. I would argue you are here because you have been propelled by some amount of hope, otherwise you would not have. Believe being here is an expression of hope that actually matters who gets their hands on the levers of American Government and what values guide to those hands. Thats why im here. I think theres a very good reason why they took the word, noticed they took the word hopeful entered into a noun and on the news they use as another word for candidate . Im a 2020 hopeful. Thats what what img doing he. How fitting . Because running for office is an act of hope, and expression of hope that it really does matter and we really can make our everyday lives better based on whos making decision is a big white buildings in washington, d. C. So can i get you to spread that message of hope to those you know . [cheers and applause] are youe ready for that mountan sunrise would put this residency behind us . [cheers and applause] are you ready to make history to vote early and make history on saturday in the caucus . [cheers and applause] i think youre going to help make me the next president of United States, and if you do i work every day to make you proud. Thank you. [cheers and applause] thank you. Thank you soo much. Thank you. Nv. 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