THAT SUPPORT AND FIND IT WHERE HE CAN?
HE CAN? >>> ON THE ROAD WITH MAYOR
BUTTIGIEG AT ALL TIMES, SHE’S
HIS BODY WOMAN.
U.S. POLITICAL JARGON FOR A
CIVILIAN WHO GOES PRETTY MUCH
EVERYWHERE WITH THE CANDIDATE.
WE CAUGHT UP WITH MARY TO SEE
WHAT IT’S LIKE TO BE BY A
CANDIDATE’S SIDE ON THE TRAIL
ALL THE TIME.
>> THANK YOU, SIR.
RIGHT OVER HERE.
EVERY DAY IS FAST, CRAZY.
IT REALLY NEVER STOPS.
I’M 24 YEARS OLD.
MAYOR, WE HAVE TIME FOR ONE MORE
PERSON.
PERSON. A BODY PERSON IS LITERALLY
STANDING NEXT TO HIM AT ALL
TIMES WHICH SOUNDS VERY STRANGE,
BUT IN POLITICS, IT’S KIND OF
NECESSARY.
NECESSARY. WE’RE GOING TO KEEP MOVING.
THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. I’LL DO THE ROPE LINE.
HE’LL GO SIGN AUTOGRAPHS.
WOULD YOU LIKE A PHOTO?
IF WE CAN.
I’LL JUST FOLLOW HIM.
RIGHT BEENHIND YOU, MAYOR.
>> YEP.
>> YEP. >> RIGHT OVER HERE, MAYOR.
QUICK PHOTO.
QUICK PHOTO. DO YOU WANT TO GET IN FOR A
PHOTO?
PHOTO? >> IT REALLY IS A GREAT WAY TO
SEE THE COUNTRY.
>> GREAT.
>> GREAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
SO MANY PEOPLE THAT I WOULD HAVE
NEVER CROSSED PATHS WITH.
>> WHY NOT?
>> I WAS BORN IN CHICAGO.
GREW UP RIGHT OUTSIDE OF SOUTH
BEND.
BEND. WHEN YOU GROW UP THERE, YOUR END
GOAL, YOU’RE ALWAYS TOLD, IS TO
GET OUT.
GET OUT. SO WHEN I WENT OFF TO COLLEGE, I
WANTED TO GO AS FAR AWAY FROM
SOUTH BEND AS POSSIBLE.
AFTER SPENDING FOUR YEARS IN
CALIFORNIA, I WAS PULLED TO GO
BACK AND I KNEW I HAD TO DO IT.
A TYPICAL DAY IS THE MAYOR WAKES
UP, WILL TEXT ME, GET BREAKFAST.
A BREAKFAST SANDWICH AND BLACK
COFFEE.
COFFEE. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. UP THE THIRD FLOOR.
AND THEN WE’LL HOP IN THE CAR
AND GO TO OUR FIRST EVENT AND GO
OVER THE DAILY SCHEDULE WITH
HIM.
HIM. MAKING SURE HE KNOWS IMPORTANT
ELECTED OFFICIALS HE’S TALKING
TO OR WHO’S INTRODUCING HIM.
I USED TO HAVE TO PICK THE MAYOR
UP AT HIS HOUSE TO GO TO EVENTS
AND NOW HE’S ROLLING UP IN THIS
HUGE BUS.
HUGE BUS. VERY SURREAL.
VERY SURREAL. >> I HAVE COME TO THE
CONCLUSION --
CONCLUSION -- >> I LIKE TO THINK THAT IT’S NOT
ANY DIFFERENT IF I WAS A MAN.
WE WERE IN D.C. AT AN EVENT AND
THERE WAS A COUPLE COLLEGE KIDS
AND THEY SAID SOMETHING ALONG
THE LINES OF, CAN THAT LITTLE
GIRL TAKE A PHOTO FOR US?
I DON’T KNOW IF IT WAS BECAUSE I
WAS A WOMAN, BUT IT TOOK ME BACK
A LITTLE BIT.
>> MAYOR PETE!
MAYOR PETE!
MAYOR PETE! >> I TRY NOT TO THINK ABOUT THAT
AND THINK OF THE DAY TO DAY.
IF HE DOES BECOME PRESIDENT OR
HE DOESN’T, I LIKE TO THINK THAT
THERE’S A WORLD WHERE I CAN STAY
WITH THE MAYOR FOR A LONG PERIOD
OF TIME NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS,