CHRIS: WELCOME BACK TO OUR FOX
NEWS TOWN HALL, WE'RE IN THE
GYM, HOME OF CARDINALS AT
STEPHENS HIGH SCHOOL IN
CLAREMONT, NEW HAMPSHIRE WITH
SOUND BEND MAYOR -- SOUTH BEND
MAYOR, PETE BUTTIGIEG, MOST
VOTERS DON'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT THE
MAYOR HERE IS A CLOSER LOOK AT
HIS LIFE AND CAREER.
IF HE WINS HE WOULD BE THE
YOUNGEST PRESIDENT IN U.S.
HISTORY.
>> I RECOGNIZE THE ODDOCITY AT
AGE 37.
>> PETE BUTTIGIEG COMMONLY KNOWN
AS MAYOR PETE, HAS QUITE THE
RESUME.
PETER PAUL MONTGOMERY BUTTIGIEG
WAS BORN IN SOUTH BEND, INDIANA
IN 1982, HE CAUGHT ATTENTION OF
CAROLINE KENNEDY WHEN A SENIOR
IN HIGH SCHOOL WINNING AN ESSAY
CONGRESS WRITING ABOUT THEN
CONGRESSMAN BERNIE SANDERS.
HE WITHIN TO HARVARD, THEN
OXNARD, HE IS READ OR SPEAK 8
DIFFERENT LANGUAGES.
HE RETURNED HOME TO SOUTH BEND
AND WAS ELECTED MAYOR WHEN HE
WAS 29.
HE TOOK A LEAVE ARE AV SENSE IN
2014 DEPLOYING TO AFGHANISTAN
FOR OVER 6 MONTHS WITH THE
RESERVE, HE RETURNED AND
REELECTED WITH 80 PERCENT OF THE
VOTE, MAYOR PETE FELT
WASHINGTON'S PULL EARLY, HE
WORKED ON JOHN KERRY 2004
PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN, KNOCKED
ON DOORS IN IOWA FOR BARACK
OBAMA 4 YEARS LATER.
NOW, MAYOR PETE HAS A POLL ALL
HIS OWN.
>> A CHURCH GOING EPISCOPALIAN
HAS BEEN MAKING LATE NIGHT TALK
SHOW ROUNDS HE AND HUSBAND LIVE
IN THE SAME NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE
WE GREW UP, HE WOULD BE THE
COUNTRY YOUNGEST PRESIDENT AND
FIRST OPENLY GAY COMMANDER IN
CHIEF.
CHRIS: HE WAS PROPERLY MORTIFIED
AT PICTURES OF HIMSELF AS A
BABY.
PRINCIPAL HERE AT STEPHENS HIGH
SCHOOL.
>> PAT IS FINE.
CHRIS: I GOT IN TROUBLE.
IN THE PRINCIPAL OFFICE, IT WAS
MRS. -- PAT.
>> WELCOME TO STEPHEN'S THANK
YOU FOR RUNNING, DO YOU THINK
THAT AMERICA IS READY FOR A GAY
PRESIDENT WITH A HUSBAND, IF NOT
WHAT DO AMERICANS NEED TO KNOW
OR UNDERSTAND IN ORDER TO REACH
THAT COMFORT LEVEL?
>> I DO THINK SO, THANK YOU FOR
HAVING US HERE AT THE SCHOOL IT
HAS BEEN TERRIFIC.
AND I GATHER IT CIRC
AND I GATHER IT -IRC
AND I GATHER IT --RC
AND I GATHER IT -- ELECTION EVE,
I SAY POST ORS FOR SCHOOL TODAY.
WHEN I DECIDED TO COME OUT, I
WAS MAYOR.
I HAD BEEN DRAGGING MY FEET ON
FIGURING OUT A WAY TO DO IT
BECAUSE MY JOB HAD ME SO BUSY, I
WAS ABLE TO FEEL LIKE I WAS NOT
MISSING MUCH.
WHEN I CAME BACK FROM
AFGHANISTAN I REALIZED IT HAD TO
CHANGE YOU GET ONE LIFE, THAT
MEANT, I HAD TO BE STRAIGHT
FORWARD WITH MY COMMUNITY.
AND THAT WAS AN ELECTION YEAR.
SO, I HAD TO THINK HARD ABOUT
WHAT IT WOULD MEAN FOR MY
POLITICAL FUTURE, YOU JUST
DIDN'T KNOW.
NOT LIKE YOU COULD DO A POLL,
SAYING IF MAYOR PETE WAS GAY
WOULD YOU BE LESS LIKELY TO VET
FOR HIM, RIGHT?
I WROTE IS UP, PUT IT IN
NEWSPAPER AND WAITED.
THERE WAS NEVER A GAY MAYOR OR
EXECUTIVE IN MY STATE, MICK
PENCE
MANCE
MAKEE
MAKEPENCE
MAK -ENCE
MAK --NCE
MIKE PENCE OF GOVERNOR.
BUT I THOUGHT WHATEVER HAPPENS
TO MY CAREER THIS JUST SOMETHING
I NEED TO DO.
WHAT HAPPENED AND I GOT
REELECTED WITH 80% OF THE VOTE
IN MY SOCIALLY CONSERVATIVE
COMMUNITY
[APPLAUSE]
I GET THERE IS IN PARTICULAR
OLDER GENERATION OF PEOPLE WHO
GREW UP CONSERVATIVE WHO WERE
BROUGHT UP TO REJECT WHO I AM.
BUT ALSO SEE IF NOTHING ELSE
BECAUSE I THINK THESE ARE ALSO
COMPASSION AT PEOPLE ANYONE CAN
MAKE THEIR WAY TO RIGHT SIDE OF
HISTORY IF YOU JUST REMIND THEM
WE'RE ALL PEOPLE, AND LOVE IS
ONE OF THE BEST THINGS THAT ANY
OF US HAS TO OFFER.
I THINK IN THIS ELECTION,
AMERICANS WILL VOTE ON WHO WILL
MAKE THEM BETTER OFF, GET YOU
AIR RAISE, AND BROKE
AIR RAISE, AND PROKE
AIR RAISE, AND PROTECT YOUR
HEALTH CARE, I HAVE -- YOU DON'T
RUN FOR OFFICE UNLESS HAVE YOU
SOME MEASURE OF FAITH AND HOPE
IN THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, ARE IN
ALL OF THE UPS AND DOWNS OF THE
POLITICAL PROCESS.
AT THE INWAS DAY IS -- AT THE
END WAS DAY IT IS WORTH TRUSTS
VOTERS, AND THEY WILL EVALUATE
YOU FOR WHO YOU REALLY ARE.
>> MAYOR, NEXT QUESTION FROM
GINA, A BUSINESSWOMAN, IN NEARBY
REDDING, VERMONT.
>> HELLO, IN RECENT POLL ITS
APPEALS YOU ARE STRONG AMONG
MANY VOTE ARE SEGMENTS, HAVE YOU
NOT MANAGED WELL TO ENGAGE
MINORITY VOTERS, ESPECIALLY
THOSE OF COLOR.
>> IT IS A VERY IMPORTANT
STRATEGIC AND ETHICAL QUESTION
FOR OUR CAMPAIGN, NOT JUST IN
ORDER TO WIN BUT TO DESERVE TO
WIN, TO MAKE SURE MY CAMPAIGN IN
SUPPORTERS AND STAFF REFLECTS
THE DIVERSITY OF THE COUNTRY,
PARTY AND MY
PARTY AND GY
PARTY AND GENERATION IN MY
PARTY, VOTERS OF COLOR WHERE I
LIVE, WHO KNOW ME BEST, HELP
RETURNED ME WITH THAT BIG MARGIN
TO OFFICE, I HAD YEARS TO GET TO
KNOW THEM, WE HAVE DIVISIVE
ISSUES, WITH POLICING.
IT TOOK YEARS OF ENGAGEMENT AND
POLICY WORK AND ALL THINGS WE
DID TOGETHER TO BUILD THE TRUST,
WE DON'T HAVE YEARS TO EARN
CONFIDENCE OF VOTERS IN PRIMARY
ELECT RAT.
VOTERS WHO FEEL THEY HAVE BEEN
LET DOWN, BY REPUBLICANS AND
DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENT AS, ALIKE.
CHALLENGE FOR US IT, I DON'T
HAVE ADVANTAGE OF BEING FAM IOSF
HAVE ADVANTAGE OF BEING FAM IOSM
HAVE ADVANTAGE OF BEING FAM IOSU
HAVE ADVANTAGE OF BEING FAM IOSS
FOR YEARS.
AND IF YOU ARE NOT SOMEONE THAT
PEOPLE FEEL THEY HAVE
PEOPLE FEEL THEY KAVE
PEOPLE FEEL THEY KNOE
PEOPLE FEEL THEY KNOWN FOR A
LONG TIME, OR A PERSON OF COLOR
THAT IS WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO.
IN TRAVELS AND SPEECHES AND
SOMETIMES BEHIND CLOSED-DOORS IN
PRIVATE COULD WE'RE ENGAGING IN
A PROCESS OF LISTENING AND
SPEAKING WITH ACTIVISTS WITH
FAITH LEADERS WITH COMMUNITY
LEADERS, ELECTED OFFICIALS FROM
COMMUNITIES OF COLOR TO MAKE
SURE THEY ARE ABLE TO NOT JUST I
HOPE SUPPORT THE CAMPAIGN BUT
ALSO SHAPE IT BY LETTING ME KNOW
THINGS THEY BELIEVE ARE MOST OF
CONCERN, THAT IS HOW WOO -- WITH
LESS TIME THAN HOME, WITH ENERGY
AND GOODWILL THAT IS HOW I
BELIEVE I COULD EARN IN SUPPORT.
CHRIS: PEOPLE HAVE BEEN STRUCK,
PARTICULARLY NOT HERE IN NEW
HAMPSHIRE BUT IN PLACES WHERE
THERE IS A VERY LARGE
AFRICAN-AMERICAN POPULATION LIKE
SOUTH CAROLINA HOW FEW PEOPLE OF
COLOR SHOW UP ON THE YOUR
RALLIES, WE HAVE A FOX NEWS POLL
THIS WEEK, IT SHOWED THAT AMONG
PEOPLE OF COLOR YOU HAVE LESS
THAN 1% SUPPORT AS OPPOSED TO
JOE BIDEN WITH 38%, I UNDERSTAND
HE HAS BEEN AROUND FOR A LONG
TIME, HE WAS BARACK OBAMA'S VICE
PRESIDENT.
BUT, HOW DO YOU BREAK THROUGH TO
THEM, PARTICULARLY COMPARED TO
ONE OTHER CANDIDATES WHO ARE OF
COLOR, SOMEONE LIKE JOE BIDEN
WITH A LONG RECORD IN THE
AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY.
YOU ARE NOT, YOU WOULD AGREE,
YOU ARE NOT GOING TO WIN THE
DEMOCRATIC NOMINATION UNLESS YOU
CAN BUILD UP SUSPECT ARE ON THES
CAN BUILD UP SUSPECT ARE ON THEP
CAN BUILD UP SUSPECT ARE ON THEO
CAN BUILD UP SUSPECT ARE ON THET
CAN BUILD UP SUSPECT ARE ON THE.
>> IT IS TO DESERVE TO WIN, I
BELIEVE THAT MY RECORD, WORK
THAT WE DID IN OUR COMMUNITY IN
BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER AND SERVE
MINORITY RESIDENTS IN PARTICULAR
IS A VERY GOOD RECORD THAT IS
COMPETITIVE WITH ANY OTHER OF
THE FOLKS ON THE LIST, BUT I AM
NOT FAMOUS, I DON'T HAVE THE
YEARS THAT PEOPLE FEEL THEY KNOW
ME.
CHRIS: IF I MAY, HAVE YOU NOW
PROBLEM BREAKING THROUGH WITH A
LOT OF WHITE VOTERS, BUT IN
AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY NOT
SO MUCH.
>> FOLKS WHO ARE AUTOMATICALLY
FIND THEIR WAY TO MY RALLIES AND
EVENTS THEN PEOPLE WHO WILL NOT
HEAR MY MESSAGE UNLESS I REACH
OUT TO THEM, THAT IS TRUE OF
BLACK AND BROWN VOTERS WHO ARE
SKEPTICAL OF PEOPLE WHO COME
ALONG SEEMINGLY OUT OF NOWHERE,
IT IS WHY WE WORK SO HARD TO
MAKE SURE THAT AS WE GO TO THE
SUMMER IN OUR OUT REACH, AND
SUBSTANCE, WE ARE SPEAKING TO
VOTER WHO ARE CONCERNED WITH
WHAT THE NEXT PRESIDENT COULD DO
TO DEAL WITH FOR EXAMPLE GLARING
RACIAL INEQUITIES WE SEE, NOT
JUST THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM
THAT IS ONE OF THE ONES RIGHT 3R
THAT IS ONE OF THE ONES RIGHT 3G
THAT IS ONE OF THE ONES RIGHT 3T
THAT IS ONE OF THE ONES RIGHT 3Y
GETS TALKED ABOUT BUT
ENTREPRENEURSHIP, AND HEALTH,
AND EDUCATION, AND HOUSING, I
THINK THAT VOTERS ARE EXPECTING
TO HEAR WHAT YOU WILL DO ABOUT
IT, I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO
CONTINUE TO ENGAGE WITH VOTERS
ON YOUR PLAN THAT MAKES MOST
SENSE.
CHRIS: COLBY IS 19 AND WORKS AS
A LOCAL STORE.
>> HELLO MAYOR PETE.
WHAT IS YOUR OPINION IF ANY
ABOUT THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY
POSSIBLY IMPEACHING TRUMP, AND
MAKE PEOPLE THINK TWICE.
>> I THINK IF YOU LOOK AT
CONDUCT OF THIS ADMINISTRATION,
AND CONDUCT OF THIS PRESIDENT
THERE IS NO QUESTION THAT IT
BEYOND PAIL MORALLY TO PUT IT
POLITELY IT IS LEGALLY
QUESTIONABLE TOO.
AND HE MAY HAVE DONE THINGS THAT
DESERVE IMPEACHMENT BUT THAT IS
FOR CONGRESS TO DISEASE.
MY ROLE, NOT AS A MEMBER OF
CONGRESS BUT A CANDIDATE TO TRY
TO GET A NEW PRESIDENT IN A
DIFFERENT WAY.
IN OTHER WORDS, I THINK THAT
THING THAT WOULD REALLY PUT AN
END NOT JUST TO THE PRESIDENCY,
BUT TO THE DIVISIVENESS, TO THE
CORRUPTION TO THE BEHAVIOR AND
COVER THAT CONGRESSIONAL
REPUBLICANS MANY OF WHOM YOU CAN
TELL KNOW BETTER THAT YOU THEY
GIVE IT COVER BECAUSE THEY
BELIEVE THEY HAVE TO.
BEST WAY TO CHANGE THAT IS THERE
ARE FOR TO BE A DEFEAT FOR THIS
PRESIDENT, AND WHAT HE
REPRESENTS.
AT THE BALLOT BOX.
CHRIS: AGAIN.
I WOULD LIKE TO JUST PURSUE THAT
A LITTLE BIT WITH YOU.
LET'S TALK ABOUT -- LESS ABOUT
POLICIES THAN DYNAMIC OF RUNNING
AGAIN DONALD TRUMP, AS WE SEE IN
2016, HE IS A FORMIDABLE AND
UNCONVENTIONAL CANDIDATE, HE IS
ALREADY MAKING FUN OF YOUR NAME,
AND YOUR LOOKS.
COMPARING YOU TO ALFRED NEWMAN.
IF YOU SAY WHAT ME WORRY RIGHT
NOW, I'LL GIVE YOU $10.
BUT HOW DO -- WOULD YOU DEAL
WITH HIM THAT IS A CONCERN THAT
-- WHO CAN BE ON DEBATE STAGE,
WHO -- HOW WOULD YOU HANDLE
INSULTS AND ATTACKS AND TWEETS
AND THAT?
>> TWEETS ARE -- I DON'T CARE.
[APPLAUSE]
CHRIS: THAT GETS A LOT OF
APPLAUSE.
>> IT IS AN EFFECTIVE WAY TO
COMMAND THE ATTENTION OF MEDIA,
WE NEED TO CHANGE THE CHANCE
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IT, IT IS MESMERIZING IT IS HARD
TO LOOK AWAY IT IS THE NATURE OF
GROTESQUE THINGS YOU CAN'T LOOK
AWAY
[APPLAUSE]
BUT EVERYONE TIME WE LOOK AT
SHOW AND LATEST TWEET, AND SILLY
INSULT, WE'RE NOT LOOKING AT IS
THE FACT WE'RE THE ONES TRIES TO
GET YOU A RAISE, THEY ARE
BLOCKING IT WE'RE PRESERVING
YOUR HEEL CARE, THEY
YOUR HEAL CARE, THEY
YOUR HEALTCARE, THEY
YOUR HEALTHCRE, THEY
YOUR HEALTHCAR, THEY
YOUR HEALTHCARE,THEY
YOUR HEALTHCARE, TEY
YOUR HEALTHCARE, THEIR POSITIONS
AS A JANUARY RALLY
AS A GANUARY RALLY
AS A GENUARY RALLY
AS A GENERRY RALLY
AS A GENERAL RALLY
AS A GENERAL RULLY
AS A GENERAL RULEY
AS A GENERAL RULE ARE UNPOPULAR,
IF WE FOCUS ON YOUR LIFE, MAKE
IT LESS ABOUT HIM, MORE ABOUT
YOU, I THINK THAT IS ACTUALLY
BEST WAY TO DEFEAT HIM, OTHER
THING TO FIND PEOPLE WHERE THEY
ARE, A LOT OF FOLKS IN MY PARTY
WERE CRITICAL OF ME FOR DOING
THIS WITH FOX NEWS.
AND --
>> I HEARD THAT.
>> I GET WHERE IT COMES FROM
WHEN YOU SEE WHAT GOES ON WITH
SOME OPINION HOSTS ON THIS
NETWORK, TUCKER CARLSON SAYING
THAT IMMIGRANT MAKE AMERICA
DIRTY, WHAT YOU HAVE, LAURI I LU
DIRTY, WHAT YOU HAVE, LAURI I LA
COMPARING CHILDREN IN CAGES WITH
SUMMER CAMPS, IN SAY REASON WHY
ANYONE HAS TO THINK TWICE BEFORE
PARTICIPATING IN THIS MEDIA.
COSYSTEM COULD I BELIEVE SOME OF
THE HOSTS ARE NOT THERE IN GOOD
FAITH, A LOT OPPORTUNITY IN --
TUNE IN TWO DO IT THERE ARE A
LOT OF AMERICANS, MY PARTY CAN'T
BLAME IF THEY ARE IGNORING OUR
MESSAGE THEY WILL NEVER HEAR IT,
IF WE DEAN GO ON
IF WE DONN GO ON
IF WE DON'TGO ON
IF WE DON'T G ON
IF WE DON'T GO N
IF WE DON'T GO IN AND TALK ABOUT
IT.
I THINK WE HAVE TO FIND PEOPLE
WHERE THEY ARE, NOT CHANGE OUR
VALUES BUT UPDATE OUR VO --
VOCABULARY SO WE'RE TRULY
CONNECTS WITH AMERICANS FROM
COAST-TO-COAST.
>>> WE HAVE TO TAKE A BREAK.