Under Joe Biden's presidency, Pete Buttigieg is set to be the first openly gay person to serve as a cabinet secretary.
From "Mayor Pete" to "Slayer Pete," this is his story.
From "Mayor Pete" to "Slayer Pete," this is his story.
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00:00Get that I'm the young guy in the conversation, but I would say experience is what qualifies me to have a seat at this table
00:30I'm the only one who's been on Fox so far because there are so many viewers who may never hear what our party has to say
00:36at all
00:47My father emigrated to this country because he knew it was the best place in the world to get an advanced education
00:54He
00:56Became an American citizen and met my mother a young professor who is the daughter of an army colonel in a piano teacher
01:04You
01:21From elementary school on he was a private person about personal matters
01:33You
01:42Well, you have to admit that with a very unusual last name
01:48Nobody could pronounce it
01:50It was primed for jokes
01:53and
01:54So he had to put up with that from the beginning
01:58Every new school and I'm including colleges when Peter would get there there would be a climate of
02:05We're gonna take him down a peg
02:27You
02:57You
03:28That's why I'm running for Indiana State Treasurer, but it's not about me it's about you
03:51When I took office we were being dismissed as a dying community
03:54The important thing that I think people need to know about South Bend story is that
03:59we didn't change our trajectory because I went around saying things like I alone can fix it or
04:05We're going to make our city great again
04:07I
04:24Also wanted to take this opportunity just to thank South Bend and everybody there for being so supportive
04:30I
04:34Hope it gets people thinking and I hope everybody realizes that the Sun came up today. I'm the exact same person. I was yesterday
04:44Well, this is a chance for the DNC to show that it's ready for a fresh start that it's ready for change
05:00Being married to Chaston has made me a better human being because it has made me more compassionate
05:07more understanding
05:08more self-aware and more decent
05:12My marriage to Chaston has made me a better man. And yes, mr. Vice President. It has moved me closer to God
05:19I
05:27Am a proud son of South Bend, Indiana and I am running for president of the United States
05:41That's the kind of experience that I think is really what we need not to mention the fact that I bring more
05:46Military experience to the office than any president we've had go in there almost 30 years. So I will
05:54Grant that my experience especially in the sense that I've not been marinating in Washington for a very long time is
06:00Different than a lot of people who are for president, but I would argue it's no less relevant
06:05You
06:13I'm looking for a leader
06:14I'm looking for a president who will draw out what is best in each of us and I'm encouraging everybody
06:21Who is part of my campaign to join me because we have found that leader in vice president soon-to-be president Joe Biden
06:35You
06:42And we could look into why an
06:44Evangelical Christian like Mike Pence wants to be on a ticket with the president caught with a porn star
06:48You know why you would want to be in a room with other people if you were
06:53Contagious with a deadly disease and you care about other sure, but maybe the president doesn't care about other people
07:05I
07:15Am absolutely confident
07:16With further exposure the nation to Pete and to all he stands for and all he'll do and all he can do
07:23That there is no limitation on what this man can get done
07:28And the fact that he's prepared to help me is
07:32means a great deal to me I
07:34Don't think I've ever done this before
07:37but
07:38He reminds me of my son Bo
07:41And I know to that may not mean much to most people but to me it's the highest compliment
07:47I could give any man or woman