We will hear a bit more from her later. For takinghank you the time and caring enough about our country to get together and talk about what we are going to do to make things better. We are in a chaotic and unstable and frightening and divided moment. But i believe it is in our hands to change all of that for the era that is ahead of us. We are lucky and unlucky enough to be among those americans who. Et to be alive this is about more than who is a resident today, although lord knows, we will need a new president. Applause]d we approach choosing whether to buy prescription drugs or and theto buy groceries president still focusing on whether or not to buy greenland, we have a problem. I dont think a person like the current president can ever get within cheating distance of the oval on oval office. We have to respond to the fact that for as long as i have been alive our political and Economic System has not been keeping up with our reality. Up and lifeoing expectancy has been going down.
I like to tell you a little bit about who i am and what my values are. I will make sure to shut up so there is still time for questions. I think our country is running out of time. We cannot keep doing the same thing over and over again and expect it to get better. We are dealing with our bigger than the problems this president represents. The biggest problem is the president thinks we are all suckers. We have a country where the Gross Domestic Product is going up, and Life Expectancy is going down. There will be 130 million more guns on the streets by 2020, and houses will cost half a million dollars. We definitely have problems with the president. Im here to argue this president would not be here if we did not have even bigger problems that motivated our friends to go and vote to burn the house down, and now, the houses on fire and the real question is, what is next . What are we going to do to get this country on the right track . We cannot go on with four more years of what we have
Hello, thank you. Thanks for the chance to spend time with you. My name is pete buttigieg. I am the mayor of south bend, indiana. They just call me mayor pete. President pete. That has a good ring to it. Im running for president because i think our country is running out of time. We cannot keep doing the same thing over and over and over again and expecting it to get better. The problem is we are dealing with are even bigger than the problems that this president represents. Wrong . Thise president represent some serious problems. The biggest problem is the president thinks we are all suckers. We have a country where the Gross Domestic Product is going up, and Life Expectancy is going down. We are in a country where there will be 130 more millions of guns on the streets by 2020, and houses will cost half 1 million. He wants us to think our biggest problem is Political Correctness , and the biggest solution is the passe tax cut for corporations and the wealthiest among us, so we deftly h
Detroit, it is the democratic president ial debate. The candidates are waiting in the wings. And whathey have to say. Getting a question of our priorities right. Going headtohead with senator elizabeth warren, longtime friends fighting for the same cause and the same voters. We should dream big, fight hard, and wherein. The progressives at centerstage defending their ideals against a crowd of more moderate challengers. Mayor pete buttigieg. And former texas congressman orourke with to translate Fame International support. I am willing to serve u. S. Nx president of the United States of america. Four candidates will put their heartlands on display. Senator klobuchar. Former colorado governor hickenlooper. Congressman tim ryan. It is time for us to unify this country. And montana governor Steve Bullock in his first president ial debate. We are here to make sure that donald trump is a one term president. It iselan. And washington outsider Marianne Williamson. This time we will win with lo
[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