Pete Buttigieg
ON THE RECORD · 8 verbatim quotes · every quote source-verified
“totally focused on 2026.”
Pete Buttigieg · said 2026-08-22 · reported 2026-08-23
Buttigieg brushed off a question about his 2028 plans after his speech in Florence.
“not on some distant shore, but in places like Orangeburg.”
Pete Buttigieg · said 2026-08-22 · reported 2026-08-23
Buttigieg said prior struggles for civil rights played out in places like Orangeburg, not on some distant shore.
“the culmination of a generational project to dismantle Black representation.”
Pete Buttigieg · said 2026-08-22 · reported 2026-08-23
Buttigieg told party activists during a morning speech in Florence that Republicans were using redistricting to dismantle Black representation.
“The mid-2020s does not represent our nation’s first experience with corruption and self-dealing, with bigotry and exclusion, with inequality and injustice, with undemocratic behavior or with political violence,”
Pete Buttigieg · said 2026-08-22 · reported 2026-08-23
Buttigieg said during an evening speech to the NAACP branch in Orangeburg that Trump's second term may feel familiar to civil rights activists.
“come here more often.”
Pete Buttigieg · said 2026-08-22 · reported 2026-08-23
Surveying an enthusiastic crowd in Florence with homemade signs reading 'PETE' and '2028,' Buttigieg observed he should come there more often.
“I have a perspective on that that I didn’t have before when I didn’t have a chance to work on federal policy,”
Pete Buttigieg · said 2026-08-22 · reported 2026-08-23
Buttigieg said he gained a perspective on reparative federal policy steps that he did not have before his time as transportation secretary.
“can — and we must — do both.”
Pete Buttigieg · said 2026-08-22 · reported 2026-08-23
Buttigieg argued that civil rights legends such as Martin Luther King Jr. and Rev. Jesse Jackson have shown that Americans can address both economic concerns and democracy.
“brutally out of touch”
Pete Buttigieg · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-22
Pete Buttigieg criticizes the Duffy family's travel series amid high gas prices.