Pete Buttigieg Endorsed by 58 Mayors

[babylonsister]

https://politicalwire.com/2019/09/18/pete-buttigieg-endorsed-by-58-mayors/

Pete Buttigieg Endorsed by 58 Mayors
September 18, 2019 at 8:15 am EDT By Taegan Goddard

Fifty-eight U.S. mayors announced their endorsements of Pete Buttigieg in a USA Today op-ed, giving the South Bend, Indiana mayor a boost of institutional support for his presidential campaign.

Politico: “Although the mayors are largely white, Buttigieg picked up some key endorsements from mayors of color, a constituency of voters with whom Buttigieg has struggled to make headway, notably including in the key-primary state of South Carolina.”

[True Dough]

1. Nice to see

Pete has a long way to go, but this sort of support bodes well.

[demmiblue]

2. For mayors, politics isn't a blood sport: Why we need Pete Buttigieg in the White House

As we face unprecedented challenges, America needs leadership in Washington that gets things done. That’s why we need a great mayor in the White House.

We are more than 50 mayors across the country — from Santa Monica, California, to Topeka, Kansas, to Hartford, Connecticut — who know that an executive with vision and proven ability to get results is the key to a bright future for our nation. We see exactly that in Pete Buttigieg, mayor of South Bend, Indiana.

South Bend is a quintessential American city, with big challenges and ever bigger opportunities. It remains close-knit — people stop Pete on the street, give him ideas and feedback, and hold him accountable for everything from potholes to racial justice.

We have watched Mayor Pete over the past eight years, as his steady and inspired leadership has revitalized his city. It was no surprise to us when his constituents reelected him with 80% of the vote. Pete has transformed South Bend, and now he is showing what American leadership can and should be in the years ahead.

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Finally, Pete understands the power of moral leadership. Mayors are walking symbols of their cities. When we cut a ribbon at a new factory, or comfort a grieving parent whose child was lost to gun violence, we are showing the people we represent that their community stands with them. That kind of empathetic leadership is desperately needed in the Oval Office.

For all these reasons, Mayor Pete has become a role model — and in some cases, a mentor — to mayors like us. We endorse him from heartland towns, coastal cities, suburban communities and every other corner of our great country. What’s more, in the spirit of the community of mayors, we are already offering Pete our best ideas and helping engage grassroots supporters all across the country.

We’re proud to stand together as "Mayors for Pete," and hope you’ll join us in supporting this bold and unifying leader who will help us write a better future.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/voices/2019/09/18/mayor-pete-buttigieg-south-bend-indiana-mayors-endorse-column/2350438001/

[Polybius]

3. I like him but his age concerns me

Great guy though.

[DavidDvorkin]

4. Do you favor changing the Constitution to raise the age of eligibility for being president?

[Celerity]

5. Harris would be the oldest first time Dem POTUS elected since Truman, just to show how skewed

this whole age thing has become.

Pete was already done more with his life so far experientially and achievement-wise than 5 or so people drawn at random from society have with the totality of their collective ones. He is a brilliant human and his age would not be a hindrance whatsoever. He can run laps around most pols currently out there in terms of seeing the big picture and having the cognitive ability to draw out the pathways to attempt to marshal the systemic action needed to get there.

Just my tuppence.

[pink]

6. I think that age is a concern.

I am concerned about the top 3 candidates already being in their 70's. Also, I dont agree with Warren and Sanders with their "medicare for all" policy. In Australia we have Medicare and anyone can use it. If you want private health insurance, you can have it. I'm sure that if private insurance was taken away from them, all hell would break loose. As much as I like Biden personally, I think his time has gone.

I could never imagine Yang as being president. To me it sounds like he is buying his way in with his thousand dollar give-aways.

My first pick is Pete Buttigieg, then Tulsi Gabbard and 3rd Amy Klobeshaw (probably wrong spelling) It took me ages just to learn how to spell mayor Pete's name.

[Hassin Bin Sober]

7. That's nice.