CHRIS: WELCOME BACK TO STEPHEN'S
HIGH SCHOOL IN CLAREMONT, NEW
HAMPSHIRE FOR OUR FOX NEWS TOWN
HALL WITH MAYOR PETE BUTTIGIEG,
WE GOT A LITTLE BIT OF TIME, A
LIGHTNING ROUND.
I FIND THE QUESTIONS ARE QUICKER
THAN ANSWERS.
>> I'LL DO MY BEST.
CHRIS: BIGGEST MISTAKE AS MAYOR
OF SOUTH BEND?
>> WELL, FIRST TIME THAT I FIRED
SOMEBODY WHO REPORTED DIRECTLY
TO ME, I DIDN'T DO IT IN PERSON,
I WRITE IN MY BOOK WHY THAT WAS
A MISTAKE, I NEVER DID THAT
AGAIN.
CHRIS: WHY DIDN'T YOU DO IT IN
PERSON.
>> I THINK AT THE TIME IT -- I
DON'T KNOW TO BE HONEST.
I JUST KNOW THAT IF HIS THINGS
WOULD HAVE GONE A LITTLE BIT
DIFFERENTLY, AND BETTER.
YOU HAVE TO BE READY TO LOOK
SOMEONE IN THE EYE AND EXPLAIN
YOUR DECISIONS, IT NOT PLEASANT.
BUT YOU HAVE TO BE PREPARED TO
DO, THAT IF YOU DO, YOUR
DECISIONS WILL BE MORE SETTLED
AND STABLE AND EASIER TO
DEFENSE.
>> ARE TAKING A LITTLE BIT OF
HEAT FOR SOMETHING YOU SAID THE
OTHER DAY, YOU SEEM TO INDICATE
THAT YOU HAD TROUBLES WITH THE
RACIAL HISTORY OF THOMAS
JEFFERSON, YOU SUGGESTED THAT
SOME OF THE THINGS HONORING HIM
THE TRADITIONAL
JEFFERSON-JACKSON DEMOCRATIC
DINNERS SHOULD BE RENAMED HOW
FAR WOULD YOU CARRY IT, WOULD
YOU PRENAME STREETS AND HIGH
SCHOOL?
>> HIGH CAMPAIGN OFFICE IS ON
JEFFERSON BOULEVARD.
>> YOU CHANGING THAT NAME?
>> NOT PLAN, THAT NO.
THE I THINK THAT THERE IS A
REASON WHY DEMOCRATIC PARTIES
WHEN WE THINK ABOUT FUTURE,
VENTS HOW, BURNING OF APP
VENTS HOW, BURNING OF ANP
VENTS HOW, BURNING OF AN ISSUE
LIKE RACIAL EQUITY, WE'RE
THINKING TWICE ABOUT NAMING OUR
EVENTS, A GREAT EXAMPLE OF HOW
MEDIA NOISE MACHINE TAKES THINGS
OUT OF CONTROL, THIS IS HOW --
YOU MIGHT HAVE SEEN IT.
I SAID THAT YOU KNOW WE'RE
RETHINKING HOW DEMOCRATIC
FUNCTIONS MIGHT RENAME AN EVENT
FOR SOMEONE WHO IS LIVING OR A
PERSON COLOR, NEXT THING YOU
KNOW YOU WOULD HAVE THOUGHT I
PROPOSED BLOWING UP JEFFERSON
MEMORIAL IN DC, AND NOT JUST A
FOX THING, JUST JUMPED ON, THAT
IT IS THIS MENTALITY THAT
PERVADES THE TWITTER SPHERE WE
HAVE TO GET OVER THAT, AND
LISTEN TO EACH OTHER, I KNOW
NUANCE DOES NOT DO GREAT BUT WE
HAVE TO TO HEAR EACH OTHER OUT.
>> I SUSPECT WITH YOUR SCHEDULE,
YOU ARE NOT ABLE TO DO MUCH BUT
WHAT YOU DO, WHEN YOU ARE
KICKING BACK DO YOU HAVE A
GUILTY PRESSURE ON TELEVISION.
>> GAME OF THRONES.
IT IS GETTING CLOSE.
CHRIS: I WAS PROMOTING THIS
EVENT, I WANT TO MAKE THIS CLEAR
WE'LL BE OFF THE AIR BEFORE THE
GAME OF THRONES.
CHRIS: WE'LL HAVE AN IRON THRONE
FOR YOU BUT IT COST TOO MUCH TO
MOVE, TOO YOU HAVE A PREDICTION?
>> I DON'T KNOW.
I THOUGHT WE WERE GETTING YOU
KNOW BUILDING UP.
BUT SHE IS -- I DON'T WANT TO
SPOIL IT FOR ANYONE, SHE MADE
QUESTIONABLE LEADERSHIP
DECISIONS.
I THINK IT IS ANYONE'S BET, I AM
INTERESTING TO SEE WHERE THE
ARIA PLOT LINE GOES.
CHRIS: WILL YOU GOING TO WATCH
IT TONIGHT.
>> I HOPE.
CHRIS: WHAT IS THE COOLEST THING
THAT HAPPENED TO YOU OR DONE IN
CAMPAIGN, NOT POLITICIAN-COOL
LIKE TALK TO PEOPLE OF NEW
HAMPSHIRE.
BUT, REAL LIFE COOL.
>> THIS IS COOL.
CHRIS: BUT, I AM TALKING ABOUT
YOU PINCHED YOURSELF AND SAID I
CAN'T BELIEVE I'M --
>> YOU KNOW, THE PEOPLE YOU MEET
FROM VOTERS WHO COME UP TO YOU
ON A ROPE LINE, I HAD AN
OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT WITH
PRESIDENT CARTER -- WHO WE'RE
ALL WISHING WELL, BY THE WAY, AS
HE'S RECOVERING.
AND EVERYBODY IN BETWEEN.
THEY EDUCATE YOU ON THIS
COUNTRY.
AND, YOU KNOW, I THOUGHT I KIND
OF KNEW SOMETHING AS HOW THE
WORLD WORKS AS A SITTING MAYOR,
A VETERAN, SOMEONE WITH A GREAT
EDUCATION, BUT THERE'S NOTHING
LIKE THIS PROCESS FOR PUTTING
YOU IN FRONT OF SO MANY
DIFFERENT KINDS OF PEOPLE, AND
YOU LEARN FROM THEM EVERY DAY.
CHRIS: BEFORE WE GO, WE WOULD
LIKE TO GIVE YOU A CHANCE, A
FINAL 30, 45-SECOND CLOSING
STATEMENT.
THE FLOOR IS YOURS, SIR.
>> GREAT.
THANKS, EVERYBODY, FOR BEING
SUCH A GREAT AUDIENCE.
I SUPPOSE I WOULDN'T BE DOING MY
JOB IF I DIDN'T BEGIN BY SAYING
IF YOU LIKE WHAT YOU HEARD AND
YOU WANT TO LEARN MORE, AN HOUR
GOES BY FAST, I HOPE YOU'LL GO
TO PETE FOR AMERICA.COM AND
LEARN MORE ABOUT OUR CAMPAIGN
AND MY POSITIONS.
LOOK, WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO
HERE IS DIFFERENT.
BECAUSE THE MOMENT THAT WE'RE IN
IS DIFFERENT.
I GET THAT A MILLENNIAL,
MIDWESTERN MAYOR IS NOT WHAT
LEAPS TO MIND WHEN YOU THINK
ABOUT A PROTOTYPICAL CANDIDATE
FOR PRESIDENT.
BUT I ALSO THINK WE'RE LIVING --
IF IT'S HARD TO FIGURE OUT
WHAT'S GOING ON RIGHT NOW, IT'S
BECAUSE WE ARE LIVING ON ONE OF
THOSE BLANK PAGES IN BETWEEN
CHAPTERS OF AMERICAN HISTORY.
WHAT COMES NEXT COULD BE UGLY OR
AMAZING.
AND I BELIEVE RUNNING FOR OFFICE
IS AN ACT OF HOPE, AND SO IS
VOTING FOR SOMEBODY,
VOLUNTEERING FOR SOMEBODY.
I HOPE YOU'LL JOIN ME IN MAKING
SURE THAT THAT NEXT ERA IS
BETTER THAN ANY WE'VE HAD SO
FAR.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
CHRIS: THANK YOU, MAYOR.
AND THANK YOU -- WOW, A STANDING
OVATION.
>> ALL RIGHT!
[APPLAUSE]
CHRIS: THANK YOU, MAYOR.
THANKS TO OUR AUDIENCE HERE AT
STEPHENS HIGH SCHOOL IN
CLAREMONT, NEW HAMPSHIRE, FOR
YOUR TERRIFIC QUESTIONS.
BE SURE TO JOIN US FOR OUR NEXT
TOWN THE HALL WITH SENATOR
KIRSTEN GILLIBRAND TWO WEEKS
FROM TONIGHT, SUNDAY, JUNE 2ND,
IN DUBUQUE, IOWA.
THAT'S IT FOR TONIGHT.
HAVE A GREAT WEEK, AND WE'LL SEE
YOU BACK IN WASHINGTON NEXT "FOX
NEWS SUNDAY."
9 GOOD NIGHT, EVERYBODY.
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