We're back with Mayor Pete Buttigieg--
Buttigieg?
You got it.
Rolls off the tongue, right?
Yeah, it does.
Once you say it--
Buttigieg.
But is there an emphasis on Butt or igieg?
I think it goes more in the Butt.
Butt.
Although I can't help notice, you can't spell Buttigieg
without tig.
So I'm just thinking, you know, do
you think I could invite onto that show?
On Tig's show?
How dare you.
I'll--
How dare you.
It's already been shut down.
Only lasts for, like, three minutes.
What if you made your announcement on her show?
That would have been hilarious.
All right, so I want to get your reaction.
Because Mike Pence said that you have been critical of his faith
and critical of him, and you should know better,
and that you're just criticizing him to get elected.
So what would you say to that?
Yeah, I'm not critical of his faith.
I'm critical of bad policies.
I don't have a problem with religion.
I'm religious too.
I have a problem with religion being used as a justification
to harm people, and especially in the LGBTQ community.
So many people, even today, feel like they don't belong.
You can get fired in so many parts of this country
just for who you are.
And that's got to change.
And if the VP--
I'm not interested in feuding with the vice president.
But if he wanted to clear this up,
he could come out today and say he's changed his mind, that it
shouldn't be legal to discriminate
against anybody in this country for who they are.
That's all.
Yeah.
And unfortunately, a lot of people--
and it's really a shame too.
Because there is nothing wrong with religion.
And it's really good for a lot of people,
and it works for a lot of people.
But religion is used sometimes to justify--
They say, well, it says here in the Bible this.
And I know you're a religious person.
So what do you say to that, to being religious?
I mean, let me begin by saying, I
think it's important for anybody who
steps into a political process to speak
for people of any faith and people who have no faith.
So when I talk about my faith, it's
not because I believe it should be imposed on others.
But it does guide me.
And when I'm in church, the scripture I hear
is about taking care of the least among us.
It's about lifting up those who are
most vulnerable, and visiting the prisoner,
and taking care of the sick, and welcoming the stranger.
That's what I get when I hear scripture.
It's a message that is fundamentally about love, love
and humility, humbling yourself before God
and putting other people before you.
And again, that doesn't have to be anybody else's understanding
or religion.
But it's where Christianity takes me.
And that does have implications for how I
behave in the political space.
That's good.
So there are some people who are disappointed
that a woman wasn't elected the last election.
And now they're hoping a woman would
be elected this time around.
So what do you say to people who are like, but I
want a woman to be president?
What is you're-- convince them.
Yeah, I get it.
And you know, I also am disappointed that a woman was
not elected president in 2016.
And I think in the end, you've got
to vote for the person you think best speaks to your values
and is best able to lead the country.
And you may decide that's me.
And you may decide that's somebody else.
What I will say is I think it's more important than ever--
in administrations, in politics, and in every other field--
to have gender diversity and gender balance.
And the next president is going to have
to make sure that that administration at the most
senior levels has gender balance, especially
if the next president turns out to be male.
So that means that you would possibly
put a woman as your VP?
Sure.
Yes?
I think it'd be presumptuous now for me
to rule anybody in and out, since I
haven't got the nomination.
But what I would say is gender balance and diversity
in general is going to be extremely important.
And that starts with the ticket.
Yeah, I agree.
I agree.
All right, thank you so much.
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