Territory gabriel is on the reports the capital san juan. The confusion continues and so too is the change of leadership one day that is being sworn in his puerto ricos new governor she had previously said she didnt even want the job but his Justice Minister shes next in line of succession and was obligated to take it. Assuming. Im taking this job as governor at this historic moment without ever having any political aspirations but now with a firm desire to complete my mission to serve the people in the best way i can she replaces pedro. Who took office on friday he served as governor for just 5 days before the Supreme Court ruled his swearing in unconstitutional because he wasnt confirmed by the Senate Massive street protests. Predecessor ricardo. To resign amid a scandal involving his bolder Text Messages and allegations of corruption so as the 3rd governor in 6 days was sworn in it was clear Many Puerto Ricans still are not happy what do you think of the new governor want. It is. Wh
The marches in charlottesville that he commemorates are also a few days out from murder sprees in america it is sobering to think we hit rock bottom and now we are bottoming out again so now congratulations talking about your book. Its great to be here today. So lets start with the question that covers your first chapter that covers so much of the debate we are having right now in america and it is a question of place its not an accident you start the book saying that when you wanted to run for office in virginia people said you are from new york and florida you are not from here. I have heard that a lot but there is the echo in the things that are said when people protest immigrants you are not from here. So for you to establish im from here i live and work here why are we having this conversation at all quick. I been going to the same safeway 25 years. But virginia is very proud of their heritage forgot was the first new yorker to be common the Common Wealth of virginia i would say t
[high hopes plays] thank you for your support. Thank you to all of you for taking the time to join this conversation at a time that could not be more crucial for this country. President running for as a thirtysomething mayor is not a professional move. It isason i am doing because of the moment we are living in. Headlines, we may be under reacting to the seriousness of the moment we live in. That right now, the pace of change in our economy and politics is accelerating and if we dont get on top of that, we are not on top of the conditions that made the president we are living with now even possible. [applause] mr. Buttigieg a president like the one we have now does not get within cheating distance of the oval office unless something is wrong across the land. I am convinced we need to ground our politics and our deepest values. Spell that break the has had some americans believing the word values is a word that should only be associated with one political party. These are not conservati
It is great to be with somebody who gets the value of National Service. Thank you to all of you for taking the time to join this conversation at a time that could not be more crucial for this country. I get that running for president as a thirtysomething mayor is not a conventional political or professional move. The reason i am doing it is because of the moment we are living in. As we read the headlines, we may be under reacting to the seriousness of the moment we live in. That right now, the pace of change in our economy and politics is accelerating and if we dont get on top of that, we are not on top of the conditions that made the president we are living with now even possible. [applause] mr. Buttigieg a president like the one we have now does not get within cheating distance of the oval office unless something is wrong across the land. We have to speak to that if we want to win. In order to do that, i am convinced we need to ground our politics and our deepest values. I am out to
[applause] [high hopes plays] thank you for your support. Thank you to all of you for taking the time to join this conversation at a time that could not be more crucial for this country. President running for as a thirtysomething mayor is not a professional move. It isason i am doing because of the moment we are living in. Headlines, we may be under reacting to the seriousness of the moment we live in. That right now, the pace of change in our economy and politics is accelerating and if we dont get on top of that, we are not on top of the conditions that made the president we are living with now even possible. [applause] mr. Buttigieg a president like the one we have now does not get within cheating distance of the oval office unless something is wrong across the land. I am convinced we need to ground our politics and our deepest values. Spell that break the has had some americans believing the word values is a word that should only be associated with one political party. These are not