First things first.
A lot of people are asking,
"How do you pronounce this guy's name?"
(laughter)
It's pronounced "Pete."
Okay? It's like "peaches," but you just stop, all right?
Pete. That's it.
Oh, and as for his last name,
we're still figuring that one out.
Pete Buddha-gah... Buddha-geh... Buddha-ged...
WOMAN: South Bend Mayor Pete Buddha-geh...
Buddha-gedge. I always say his name wrong.
-MAN: Buddha-jeg. -WOMAN: Buddha-jeg.
MAN: Indiana mayor Pete Bood-dedidge.
Buddy-jeg. Buddy-jeg?
-MAN: Buddy-gig. -Buddygig?
MAN: Mayor Pete Buddha-edge-edge.
Pete Boot-ed... edge-edge.
Peter... Pete Boo... Buddha-jedge.
Peter Butt-tag, the mayor of Indianapolis.
"Buddha-jedge," but, uh, around South Bend,
they just call me "Mayor Pete," and that's fine with me.
Oh, thank God. Mayor Pete.
We'll take Mayor Pete. We'll take Mayor Pete.
Yeah, 'cause people were really struggling with this one.
It's not "Budda-edge," it's not "Bood-a-jay,"
and it's definitely not "Butt-Tag."
(laughter)
That was a weird one. Butt-Tag?
Butt Tag is actually the name of another movie
that Hickenlooper saw with his mom.
That's what that is.
It's "boot-a-jej."
But now that we're all on the same page
on how to say his name, wha-what has he done?
For a guy who's only 37,
Pete Buttigieg boosts... boasts an impressive résumé.
First elected mayor of his home town at age 29.
A Harvard-educated Rhodes Scholar,
as well as a lieutenant in the Navy Reserve.
MAN: Took an unpaid seven-month leave during his mayoral term
for a deployment to Afghanistan.
WOMAN: Not only the first openly gay presidential candidate.
He's also a newlywed.
WOMAN 2: Would be a president of firsts.
The first to be elected in his thirties, the first millennial,
the first openly gay commander in chief and the first mayor.
Okay, wait. Wait, wait, wait, wait.
Maltese-American?
Are you guys telling me this guy is part little dog?
(laughter)
Because if that's true, he is gonna win
every white person's vote in this country.
White people love them little-ass dogs!
Love them!
But seriously, though,
I-I can see why people are impressed by Buttigieg.
All right? He has such a unique bio.
He's a veteran, a Harvard graduate and a Rhodes Scholar,
who's openly gay, and also, so young
that if he served two terms as president,
when he came out, he would still only be 46. Yeah.
Plus, he's a concert pianist
and speaks seven languages,
including Norwegian,
which he learned just so that he could read Norwegian books.
(laughter)
Compare that to America's current president
who has read zero books
and is fluent in zero languages.
(laughter)
(applause and cheering)
In fact...
Buttigieg is pretty much the exact opposite
of Donald Trump in every way.
Like, I wouldn't be surprised
if he also has the world's largest hands.
And I know... I know you might be saying,
"So what, Trevor?
"Buttigieg is a cool guy. So what?
There are plenty of cool guys, okay?"
And that's true-- there are plenty of cool guys.
I mean, like, do you guys know Bryan? He's so cool.
He has, like, a motorcycle, and one time,
he saw a dead body by the train tracks. Super cool.
But Buttigieg isn't just Bryan-level cool.
No. As mayor, he's also got a record worth bragging about.
WOMAN: He ran for mayor at 29 years old
in a place Newsweek labeled, "a dying city." He won.
South Bend, Indiana was one of the top ten
most-decaying cities in the country.
He has done things to turn around housing in the area.
He has done things with pedestrianizing the city.
MAN: He transformed an old factory
into a business park for tech companies.
He raised the minimum wage for city employees,
and now, he is working on a paid family leave plan.
Okay, first of all, can we just acknowledge how mean it is
that someone made a list of the top ten most-decaying cities?
-(laughter) -That's heartless.
That's like People magazine doing an issue
on the world's most un (bleep) meth addict.
Why would you do that? I mean, it's a great way
for Scabby Greg to get his name out there,
but still, People, not cool.
WOMAN: Scabby Greg.
This guy has pretty résumé.
He has a pretty impressive résumé, though, right?
As mayor, he's done many things.
And I know many people will try to dismiss Buttigieg
as just some small-town mayor
who's too young to be commander in chief,
but according to him, he sees his age as an asset.
I belong to the generation that provided a lot of the troops
for the post-9/11 conflicts.
The generation that's gonna be
on the business end of climate change.
And statistically, we run the risk
of being the first generation in American history
to actually be worse off economically
than our parents if nothing is done
to change the trajectory of this economy.
It's a concern that calls on us
to build an alliance among generations to try to make sure
that the future really is better than the past.
And you don't get that by promising,
uh, to turn back the clock.
Yeah, of course he doesn't want to turn back the clock.
If we did, he'd just be a baby in a suit.
-(laughter) -"I'm baby!"
Now, if you're watching this going,
"Trevor, why are you only showing us the positive things
about Pete Buttigieg?"
Because that's all we could find, all right?
No, I'm being serious.
There's no dirt on this guy. Like, nothing.
Usually candidates have some skeletons somewhere,
but even his skeletons are singing his praises.
"He gave me calcium for my bones!"
(laughter)
And I'll be honest, guys.
I'm suspicious of any candidate who is this perfect, right?
I've been burned too many times, okay?
In fact, I think Mayor Pete should do something bad
to prove that he's normal. Yeah, yeah.
Like, maybe he should just wear a little blackface, you know.
Maybe he should defend Michael Jackson.
Oh, I don't know. Go and watch porn with Hickenlooper's mom.
Something! Anything!
Because until something comes up, that's basically
all you need to know about Pete Bur-Burgergoo.
Goddamn it! I was doing so well!