WE VHAVE EUGENE ROBINSON, STEVE RATTNER IS HERE, AND WE WELCOME
TO THE SHOW DEMOCRATIC
PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE FORMER
MAYOR PETE BUTTIGIEG.
YOUR SUPPORTERS LOVE YOU.
>> THE MOMENTUM IS FANTASTIC.
WE WERE JUST OUT AT A COUPLE
POLLING SITES WHERE OUR
VOLUNTEERS ARE 14I6RSHIVERING IN
WORLD HOLDING OUR SIGNS AND I
LOVE THE ENERGY.
WE’LL KEEP PUSHING ALL THE WAY
AND WE FEEL GOOD ABOUT NEW
HAMPSHIRE.
HAMPSHIRE. >> SO IT IS PRIMARY DAY IN NEW
HAMPSHIRE.
HAMPSHIRE. AGAIN, FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT
LOVE POLITICS AND FOLLOW
POLITICS, THIS IS AS GOODS A AS
GETS.
GETS. TALK ABOUT HOW YOUR DAY LAST
ALREADY STARTED.
ALREADY STARTED. >> SO THE DAY BEGAN WITH
BRINGING COFFEE AND DOUGHNUTS TO
SUPPORTERS WHO ARE OUT THERE AT
THE EARLY POLLING SITES.
EVEN BEFORE DAWN.
AND IT IS A GREAT CIVIC RITUAL
OF DEMOCRATIC PARTICIPATION AND
EXCITING TO SEE AND ALSO
REMARKABLE TO THINK THAT WE’VE
BEEN AT THIS MORE THAN A YEAR
NOW SPREADING OUR MESSAGE ABOUT
HOW WE CAN PUT TOGETHER A
CAMPAIGN BASED ON BELONGING, THE
CAMPAIGN THAT I BELIEVE WILL
ULTIMATELY GO ON AND DEFEAT
DONALD TRUMP.
DONALD TRUMP. AND WITH HIM RIGHT HERE IN THE
STATE LAST NIGHT, IT REMINDED US
ALL OF WHAT IS AT STAKE AND
MAKING SURE THAT WE DO HAVE THE
CAMPAIGN AND NOMINEE WHO CAN
BRING AN END TO THE TRUMP
PRESIDENCY BECAUSE WE CAN’T
AFFORD FOUR MORE YEARS OF THIS.
>> ARE YOU GOING TO WIN TONIGHT?
>> WE THINK SO.
WE THINK THAT IT WILL BE A
REALLY GOOD NIGHT.
I KNOW THAT WE’RE UP AGAINST
SOME NEIGHBORHOOD COMPETITION,
NEW ENGLAND SENATORS, BUT I
STILL THINK THAT WE’LL HAVE A
GREAT SHOWING.
GREAT SHOWING. >> WE JUST HAD VICE PRESIDENT
BIDEN HERE AND HIS ARGUMENT, HE
HAS CONCEDED THAT HE WON’T DO
TERRIBLY WELL HERE, BUT HE SAID
LET ME GET TO SOUTH CAROLINA,
NEVADA, MORE DIVERSE STATES.
IT IS NOT NEWS TO YOU THAT YOU
HAVE STRUGGLED WITH
AFRICAN-AMERICAN VOTERS, LATINO
VOTERS THAT WILL BE COMING UP AS
WE MOVE AWAY FROM IOWA AND IN
THAT IN THAT.
WHAT IS YOUR MESSAGE TO THEM AS
YOU MOVE TOWARD THOSE STATES?
>> ACE SPEAK WITH VOTERS OF
COLOR, WE’RE TALKING ABOUT FOLKS
WHO HAVE THE MOST TO LOSE IN SO
MANY WAYS.
MANY WAYS. NO ONE IS FEELING THE MOST -- NO
ONE IS FEELING THE PAIN OF
LIVING IN THIS ADMINISTRATION
MORE THAN VOTERS OF COLOR AND AS
WE ENGAGE WITH LATINO VOTERS
ESPECIALLY BUT NOT ONLY IN
NEVADA, AS WE REACH OUT TO BLACK
VOTERS IN THE SOUTH, I KNOW HOW
MANY HAVE A LASER FOCUS ON
MAKING SURE THAT WE DEFEAT
DONALD TRUMP.
DONALD TRUMP. AND
AND AS YOU CAN SEE THE WAY NUMBERS
ARE JUMPING AROUND, MANY ARE
LOOKING AT CANDIDATES AND IT IS
REALLY DOWN TO THE WIRE WHERE
THERE IS A HANDFUL OF OPTIONS,
VERY DIFFERENT VISIONS ON WHAT
IT WILL TAKE NOT ONLY TO WIN THE
ELECTION, BUT TO MOVE THE
COUNTRY FORWARD.
COUNTRY FORWARD. >> WHAT IS YOUR DIAGNOSIS
PERSONALLY OF WHY YOU’VE
STRUGGLED WITH 23RI7B VOTEAFRICA
VOTERS?
VOTERS? >> BLACK VOTERS HAVE EVERY
REASON TO BE SKEPTICAL OF NEW
FACES ESPECIALLY AFTER A FEELING
OF BEING TAKEN FOR GRANTED AND
OFTEN IN THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY.
AND IT IS DIFFERENT WHEN YOU
HAVEN’T HAD YEARS OR DECADES TO
EARN A LEVEL OF CREDIT ABILITY.
BUT WE’RE TAKING EVERY
OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE SURE THAT
WE’RE ENXWANKINGGAGEING WITH VOT
WANT TO KNOW WHAT YOUR PLAN IS.
BUT ALSO WHO YOU ARE AND HOW YOU
WILL WIN.
WILL WIN. THAT IS WHAT WE’LL BE TAKING AS
OUR MESSAGE THROUGH NEVADA,
SOUTH CAROLINA AND ON INTO THE
STATES THAT FOLLOW.
AND OF COURSE IN ORDER TO EARN
THIS NOMINATION, IT IS CRITICAL
TO EARN THE SUPPORT OF VOTERS OF
EVERY BACKGROUND AND I WANT TO
MAKE SURE BLACK VOTER, LATINO
VOTERS AND OTHERS ACROSS THE
COUNTRY KNOW THAT I WILL NOT
WRITE ANY VOTE OFF AND I WILL
NOT TAKE ANYONE FOR GRANTED.
>> YOU GOT 14 DELEGATES OUT OF
IOWA AS FAR AS WE CAN TELL AND
BERNIE SANDERS GOT 12.
YOU ARE THE OFFICIAL
FRONTRUNNER.
FRONTRUNNER. NUMBER ONE, HOW DOES THAT FEEL?
>> IT IS ALL THE MORE REASON TO
KEEP AN UNDERDOG MENTALITY.
YOU HAVE TO KEEP YOUR HEAD DOWN
AND KEEP PUSHING.
BUT IT IS REMARKABLE WHAT
HAPPENED.
HAPPENED. I DON’T THINK A YEAR AGO ANYBODY
WOULD HAVE PREDICTED THAT THIS
IS WHERE WE WOULD BE.
I BELIEVED IN OUR MESSAGE, BUT
THIS CAMPAIGN BEGAN WITH A STAFF
OF FOUR.AL FORTUNE, NO NAME
RECOGNITION, JUST THIS IDEA.
AND WE SAW IN IOWA THAT THE IDEA
CAN GATHER A LOT OF DIFFERENT
PEOPLE TOGETHER.
PEOPLE TOGETHER. BUT NEW HAMPSHIRE IS A STATE
THAT THINKS FOR ITSELF.
NOBODY TELLS NEW HAMPSHIRE WHAT
DO.
DO. SO BEING HERE IS A CHANCE TO GLN
STRAIGHT
STRAIGHT DEMONSTRATE THAT KIND OF
SUPPORT.
SUPPORT. >> AND IT IS RASHLGABLEEMARKABLE
SOUTH YOU SAID R BEND TOBEND TO
HOW DO YOU SUSTAIN THE ARGUMENT
THAT YOU, THE NEW GUY FROM SOUTH
BEND, IS THE GUY?
>> WELL, IN MANY WAYS THAT IS
THE ARGUMENT.
THE ARGUMENT. IT IS THE IDEA THAT WE NEED TO
BRING A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE TO
WASHINGTON.
WASHINGTON. LOOK, I’M NO STRANGER TO
GOVERNING OR SERVICE AND I’M NO
STRANGER TO HOLDING OFFICE.
BUT I THINK THAT THERE IS A
SENSE RIGHT NOW THAT WE NEED TO
TURN THE PAGE AND DO SOMETHING
DIFFERENT.
DIFFERENT. AND WHAT I’M OFFERING IS A
PERSPECTIVE THAT I THINK LINES
UP WITH PERSPECTIVES FROM
COMMUNITIES LIKE IS IS MINE,
INDUSTRIAL CITIES, SMALL
COMMUNITIES AND EVEN IN THE
BIGGEST CITIES, A LOT OF AREA
WHERE IS PEOPLE FEEL LIKE THE
POLITICAL PROCESS JUST ISN’T
SPEAKING TO THEM.
THIS IS OUR OPPORTUNITY TO BRING
THOSE VOICES TO WASHINGTON AND I
THINK THAT THAT IS PART OF HOW
WE’VE BEEN ABLE TO GATHER THIS
UNLIKELY COALITION TOGETHER AND
BILGD THE SUPPORT THAT
BUILD THE SUPPORT THAT WE HAVE.
>> AND PEOPLE WERE LINED UP FOR
HOURS STANDING IN THE COLD LAST
NIGHT FOR THE TRUMP RALLY.
HOURS AND HOURS TO BE THERE FOR
MANY MORE HOYERSHOURS AND THEN C
LEAVE FOR HOURS.
I THINK A LOT OF THOSE PEOPLE
WILL VOTE FOR DONALD TRUMP, THEY
WILL SHOW UP THE WAY THAT THEY
DID YESTERDAY.
DID YESTERDAY. IF YOU COULD BE IN A ROOM WITH
FIVE MINUTES FOR EVERY SINGLE
ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE, AND I
BELIEVE IT WAS 12,000 PEOPLE WHO
SHOWED UP, BUT IF YOU COULDONE-O
YOU SAY?
YOU SAY? >> I’D SAY THE PRESIDENT THINKS
THAT YOU ARE A SUCKER.
AND THE ONLY ECONOMIC PROCESS
THAT HE’S KEPT IS CUTTING TAXES
ON THE CORPORATIONS AND THE
WEALTHY.
WEALTHY. HE THINKS THAT YOU WON’T NOTICE
THAT MANUFACTURING IS IN
RECESSION, HE THINKS THAT YOU
WON’T NOTICE THAT HE PUT OUT A
BUDGET YESTERDAY, SAME DAY THAT
HE CAME HERE INTO NEW HAMPSHIRE,
CUTTING EDUCATION, CUTTING
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, BUT
NOT JUST THAT, HE HAS OPENED THE
DOOR TO CUTTING SOCIAL SECURITY
AND MEDICARE AND MEDICAID, THE
VERY THINGS HE SWOOR UP ANDRE TO
SO MAYBE IN THE PAST FOLKS WOULD
GIVE HIM A PASS OR THIS OR THAT
CHARACTER FLAW, BUT THIS IS MORE
THAN A QUESTION OF OVERLOOKING
CERTAIN DEFICIENCIES.
CERTAIN DEFICIENCIES. THE TOTALITY OF THIS PRESIDENT
CITY
CITY -- PRESIDENCY HAS DIVIDED THE
COUNTRY AND BROKEN PROMISE AFTER
PROMISE.
PROMISE. >> BUT THEY ARE STILL GIVING HIM
A PASS.
A PASS. >> YOU WILL ALWAYS HAVE YOUR
BASE.
BASE. AND I MEAN, THE DAY HE
RESIGNINGED IN DISGRACE, RICHARD
NIXON HAD 25% OF THE COUNTRY
WITH HIM.
WITH HIM. SO THIS IS NOT ABOUT THE IDEA
THAT YOU CAN SHAKE OFF EVERY
TRUMP SUPPORTER.
TRUMP SUPPORTER. IT IS ABOUT THE KNOWLEDGE THAT
THERE IS A POWERFUL AMERICAN
MAJORITY RIGHT NOW THAT BTS WITH
AS TOWANTS TO SEE THIS COUNTRY
MOVE IN A DIFFERENT DIRECTION