Pete Buttigieg
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“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.
“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.
“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.
“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.
“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.
“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.
“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.