ALONG. THE FORMER MAYOR OF SOUTH BEND,
INDIANA, PETE BUTTIGIEG IS
STANDING BY WITH CHRIS MATTHEWS
IN LAS VEGAS.
>> THANK YOU, BRIAN.
WHEN YOU WATCH THIS AS I HAVE.
WHEN YOU WATCH IT WITH A LITTLE
DISTANCE, YOU CAN SORT OF SEE
WHO HAS A POLITICAL STRATEGY.
IT SEEMED LIKE WARREN WAS TRYING
TO GET INTO THE TOP TIER BY
HITTING YOU BECAUSE SHE CAN’T
GET BERNIE’S VOTES SO SHE WENT
AFTER THE MODERATES, YOU.
SHE DIDN’T GO AFTER BERNIE.
SHE WENT AFTER YOU AND AMY AND
BLOOMBERG.
BLOOMBERG. >> I WAS MOSTLY JUST FOCUSSED ON
GETTING OUR MESSAGE OUT.
>> DIDN’T YOU NOTE THE POLITICS
GOING ON TONIGHT?
YOU WENT AFTER KLOBUCHAR BECAUSE
YOU’RE ABOUT EVEN?
>> I THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT
FOR US TO DEBATE THE WASHINGTON
RECORD.
RECORD. >> WHY DID YOU PICK HER?
>> WE WERE OBVIOUSLY ALL
EXCHANGING SOME VIEWS ABOUT --
>> JUST BECAUSE SHE’S NEXT TO
YOU YOU WENT AFTER HER?
>> I THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT
FOR HER TO BE PREPARED TO DEFEND
THE VOTES SHE’S TAKEN IN
WASHINGTON, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT’S
BACKING TRUMP JUNLS AND OTHER
TRUMP APPOINTEES.
TRUMP APPOINTEES. ISSUES THAT AFFECT PEOPLE IN A
PLACE LIKE NEVADA.
I THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO
DEMONSTRATE WHY THE WORLD THAT
SOME OF THE PUNDITS THINK WE’RE
HEADED TO WHERE THE ONLY TWO
VOICES ARE MAYOR BLOOMBERG AND
SENATOR SANDERS IS NOT GOOD FOR
OUR ABILITY TO WIN.
I THINK THAT WAS DEMONSTRATED.
>> THAT’S MY FAVORITE PART OF
WHAT YOU SAID.
WHAT I LIKE, YOU’RE GOING TO GET
CREDIT FOR THIS.
YOU’RE A DEMOCRAT, AND NEITHER
OF THOSE GUYS ARE.
WHAT DOES IT MEAN THAT THE
OLDEST POLITICAL PARTY IN THE
WORLD STARTED BY JEFFERSON, ON
THROUGH JACKSON AND FDR AND
EVERYBODY AND BRAUNLOBAMA.
THAT PARTY IS BEING RIVALLED
FOR, THE TWO SURGING CANDIDATES
ARE NOT PART OF THE PARTY AND
MADE CHOICES NOT TO BECOME
DEMOCRATS.
DEMOCRATS. >> TO ME IT SAYS WE NEED TO GET
IT TOGETHER.
IT TOGETHER. I THOUGHT WE OUGHT TO NOMINATE A
DEMOCRAT.
DEMOCRAT. I BELIEVE IN THE VALUES OF THE
DEMOCRATIC PARTY.
DEMOCRATIC PARTY. IT’S WHY I’M RUNNING AS A
DEMOCRAT.
DEMOCRAT. OF COURSE, I’M PROUD OF THE WORK
WE’VE DONE TO REACH OUT TO
INDEPENDENTS AND EVEN TO SEE
SOME REPUBLICANS CROSS OVER AND
SUPPORT OUR EFFORT BECAUSE THEY
SEE WHY WE CANNOT GO ON WITH
FOUR MORE YEARS OF DONALD TRUMP.
I’M ALSO UNASHAMED ABOUT
ENSURING THAT WE CARRY THE
BANNER FORWARD FOR A PARTY THAT
THROUGH MY LIFETIME HAS STOOD
FOR THOSE VALUES THAT MATTER SO
MUCH.
MUCH. AND IN THE CASE OF MAYOR