Our endorsement in the Florida Democratic primary: A fresh start with Pete Buttigieg Editorial

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Our endorsement in the Florida Democratic primary: A fresh start with Pete Buttigieg | Editorial
By Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board
Orlando Sentinel |
Feb 28, 2020 | 5:00 AM


Floridians begin early voting Monday in some counties, and rarely have the state’s Democrats faced a more consequential choice for their presidential nominee.

Three-plus years of Donald Trump have wrecked havoc on American institutions, norms and unity.

The president has perverted the Department of Justice, sought revenge against those who place country over presidency, solicited foreign interference (multiple times) in our elections, cheapened the value of truth on a daily basis and divided this nation in ways we couldn’t have imagined in 2016.

Some Americans enjoy the daily spectacle of a reality-TV president unrestrained by civility, unburdened by guilt and uncaring of consequences.

Another segment of the population is just exhausted. These Americans want to stop cringing whenever the president opens his mouth. They want someone capable of reflection, knowledgeable of history, respectful of fact and truth, and able to convey a point without resorting to bombast and bluster.

They want an adult in the White House.

Good news — Democrats have an just such an adult on the ballot: Pete Buttigieg.

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