EXPLORATORY COMMITTEE. A FORMER CABINET SECRETARY,
JOINING ME NOW IS PETE BUTTI
DPRKS EIGIEG.
DPRKS EIGIEG. >> PRONOUNCE IS FOR EVERYONE SO
THEY CAN HEAR YOU SAY IT.
>> BUTTIGEIG.
>> BUTTIGEIG. JUST ROLLS ALL OF THE TONGUE,
RIGHT?
RIGHT? I WOULD LIKE YOU TO DEAL WITH IT
THIS WAY.
THIS WAY. OBVIOUSLY THERE IS ZERO
TOLERANCE FOR RACISM, SEXISM,
ALL OF THAT.
BUT WHAT SHOULD BE THE STANDARD
OF FORGIVENESS?
OF FORGIVENESS? OF FIRE ABOUT.
WE SEEM TO BE IN A ROUGH MOMENT
HERE IN THE STATE OF VIRGINIA.
>> WELL I DON’T KNOW THAT THIS
IS A SET OF DECISIONS WE CAN
AUTOMATE.
AUTOMATE. EACH CASE BRINGS A DIFFERENT
ELEMENT TO IT.
I MEAN IT IS SHOCKING THAT WE’RE
DEALING WITH THREE AT ONCE IN
THE STATE OF VIRGINIA AND IT IS
CLEAR THAT EACH ONE HAS IT’S OWN
DYNAMICS AND I THINK THAT IS A
REASON FOR EACH ONE.
>> WHAT MATTERS TO YOU?
>> I THINK ONE THING WE HAVE TO
REMEMBER IS THERE IS A RIPGS
BETWEEN THE RACISM IN AMERICA’S
PAST AND THE RACISM IN AMERICA’S
PRESENT.
PRESENT. SOME OF THE THINGS THAT CAN
SURFACE FROM A LONG TIME AG IS
THEY UP AT A WHEN RACIAL
INJUSTICE IS PART OF OUR LIFE.
IT CAN HARM PEOPLE TODAY, IT
COULD HARM PEOPLE AT THE TIME,
AND THAT IS ONE OF THE REASONS.
>> YOU CALLED ON GOVERNOR
NORTHAM TO RESIGN AND IN A
STATEMENT TO CNN ADDED YOU HAVE
HIGH REGARD FOR LIEUTENANT
GOVERNMENT FAIRFAX AN YOU
THOUGHT HE WOULD SERVE VIRGINIA
WELL.
WELL. DO YOU STILL STAND BY THAT
STATEMENT?
STATEMENT? >> I WOULD SAY THE ALLEGES ARE
HORRIFYING.
HORRIFYING. AND THEY DESERVE TO BE FULLY
INVESTIGATED.
INVESTIGATED. WHEN SOMEONE EXPERIENCES SEXUAL
ASSAULT IN AMERICA, HE OR SHE
NEEDS TO KNOW THOSE ALLEGATIONS
WILL BE TAKING SERIOUSLY.
I HOPE THAT WILL HAPPEN IN THIS
CASE AND DECISIONS WILL BE MADE
ACCORDINGLY.
ACCORDINGLY. >> YOUR PAST, HAVE YOU DOUGH INU
YOUR GENERATION, I’M OLDER, I
DON’T HAVE THE SOCIAL MEDIA, I
HOPE, ISSUES OVERS MAY HAVE.
WHAT IS THE STANDARD FOR MY LEN
MILLENNIALS, THIS IS A DIFFERENT
CAN OF WORKMS.
>> A LOT OF THESE THINGS EMERGED
RIGHT ABOUT THE TIME I WAS IN
COLLEGE AND THERE IS MORE IMAGES
OF MY GENERATION MAKING FOOLS OF
OURSELVES THAN THE PREVIOUS
GENERATION.
GENERATION. AND I THINK ALL OF US HAVE TO
ACCOUNT FOR OUR PAST, WE ALL MAY
HAVE SAID OR DONE SOMETHING
WE’RE NOT PROUD OF, BUT MORE
THAN ANYTHING IT IS IMPORTANT
THAT WE EXAMINE OUR OWN PAST.
WHEN SOME PROACTIVELY DISCLOSES
SOMETHING THEY REALIZE IS A
PROBLEM I THINK THAT IS WORTH
SOMETHING TODAY.
SOMETHING TODAY. >> I THINK HE IS TRYING TO
CLEARLY PAINT THE DEMOCRATIC
PARTY OF TODAY AS SOMETHING MUCH
FURTHER TO THE LEFT OF THE
DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF EVEN TWO
YEARS AGO.
YEARS AGO. HERE IS WHAT THE PRESIDENT SAID
LAST NIGHT.
LAST NIGHT. >> WE’RE ALARMED BY THE CALLS TO
ADOPT SOCIALISM.
ADOPT SOCIALISM. TONIGHT WE RENEW OUR RESOLVE
THAT AMERICA WILL NEVER BE A
SOCIALIST COUNTRY.
SOCIALIST COUNTRY. OBVIOUSLY HE IS CONFLATING THE
DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST MOVEMENT.
LET ME ASK YOU THIS, YOU’RE A
PROGRESSIVE, WHAT DO YOU THINK
THE DISTINCTION IS BETWEEN A
DEMOCRATIC AND A SOCIALIST?
>> I THINK SOCIALIST IN THIS
CONTEXT IS SOMETHING NEW.
THIS IS A THEM BEING INCREDIBLY
OUT OF TOUCH.
FOR AN OLDER GENERATION THAT WAS
ASSOCIATED WITH COMMUNISM,
CALLING SOME SOCIALIST COULD BE
A KILL SWITCH.
I THINK ASSERTING THAT AN IDEA
IS SOCIALIST, THAT IS SOMETHING
THEY DID EVEN FOR BASICALLY
CONSERVATIVE MARKET ORIENTED --
THAT SPELL CAN NO LONGER BE CAST
ON OUR GENERATION.
WE LIVE IN A TIME WITH
CAPITALISM AND DEMOCRACY ON ONE
SIDE.
SIDE. MY GENERATION IS GRAPPLING WITH
SOME WAYS THAT CAPITALISM AND
DEMOCRACY ARE COMING INTO CON
TENSION WITH EACH OTHER.
>> YOU HAD SOME, I THINK, RUN AS
CAPITALISM IS BROKEN AND IT MAY
NOT BE REREPAIRED.
WHAT SAY YOU MAYOR PETE?
>> OF COURSE, I COME FROM THE
INDUSTRIAL MIDWEST.
INDUSTRIAL MIDWEST. I’M FROM A CITY THAT EXPERIENCED
HORRIBLE BLOWS FROM WHAT
HAPPENED IN THE ECONOMIC CHANGE
OVER IN RECENT DECADES BUT ALSO
FINDING OUR WAY TO A DIFFERENT
STATUE.
STATUE. THE SYSTEM IS NOT WORKING.
IF WAS WAS, WE WOULD NOT BE
HERE.
HERE. AND FRANKLY WE WOULD NOT BE IN A
SITUATION WHERE THE CURRENT
PRESIDENT COULD HAVE BEEN
ELECTED.
ELECTED. SOMETHING IS BROKEN IN OUR
ECONOMY AND OUR DEMOCRACY AND WE
HAVE TO SHORE THOSE UP NOT BY
NIBBLING THE EDGES BUT FINDING
ARRANGEMENTS THAT SERVE PEOPLE
WELL IN EVERY DAY LIVES.
>> YOU WILL BE ASKED A LOT FROM
PEOPLE WHY YOU SHOULD BE
PROMOTED FROM MAYOR TO
PRESIDENT.
PRESIDENT. THE CITY IS MID SIZED, YOU HAVE
A MUCH SMALLER BUDGET AND AMOUNT
OF EMPLOYEES, MANY DEMOCRATS
THINK THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP
DIDN’T HAVE ANY PURPOSE IS, SO
SOMEONE WITH LESS EXPERIENCE IS
NOT A GOOD IDEA, WHAT SAY YOU TO
THAT CRITIQUE.
THAT CRITIQUE. >> THERE IS NO WAY TO HAVE LESS
EXPERIENCE THAN THIS PRESIDENT.
THE EXPERIENCE OF MAYOR IN
AMERICA OF A CITY OF ANY SIZE IS
HIGHLY RELEVANT TO EXECUTIVE
LEADERSHIP.
LEADERSHIP. HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS
A YEAR, OVER A THOUSAND
EMPLOYEES, IT IS A LEAP, AND IT
IS CONSIDERABLY LARGER, YOU
COULD BE A VERY SENIOR SENATOR
AND HAVE NEVER IN YOUR LIFE
MANAGED AS MANY PEOPLE AS A
MAYOR OF A RELATIVELY SMALL
COMMUNITY.
COMMUNITY. WE’RE TALKING ABOUT EXECUTIVE
LEADERSHIP.
LEADERSHIP. I HAVE MORE YEARS OF GOVERNMENT
SERVICE THAN THE PRESIDENT AND I
HAVE MORE YEARS OF EXECUTIVE
EXPERIENCE THAN THE VICE
PRESIDENT.
PRESIDENT. AND MORE WARTIME MILITARY
EXPERIENCE THAN ANYBODY TO WALK
INTO THE OVAL OFFICE IN THEIR
FIRST DAY SINCE GEORGE H.W.
BUSH.
BUSH. EVERYONE IS COMING INTO THIS
OFFICE OR CONVERSATION WITH A
DIFFERENT LEVEL OF EXPERIENCE.
THERE IS SOMETHING A LITTLE
AUDACIOUS.
AUDACIOUS. ANY MORTAL THINKING THEY BELIEVE
IN THAT EXPERIENCE AND YOU HAVE
A TOME TO GUIDE YOU AND IDEAS
THAT PEOPLE HAVE RISEN TO THAT