Pete Buttigieg

[[File:Pete_Buttigieg_-_33249197628_(cropped).jpg|thumb|right|165px|Pete Buttigieg.]]
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'''Peter Paul Montgomery Buttigieg''', also known as '''Mayor Pete''', {{lived|1982}} is the former mayor of South Bend, [[Indiana]].<ref group="note">This earned him the nickname "Mayor Pete." </ref><ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2014/03/10/the-most-interesting-mayor-youve-never-heard-of/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.c6f4ab16aee8 The most interesting mayor you've never heard of] ''The Washington Post''. March 10, 2014.</ref> He ran a failed campaign for the [[2020 U.S. presidential election|2020 U.S. presidency]] on the Democratic ticket.<ref>[https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/23/politics/pete-buttigieg-2020-president/index.html ''Indiana mayor Pete Buttigieg jumps into 2020 race''] ''CNN''. January 23, 2019.</ref> He announced his campaign for President on January 23, 2019,<ref>[https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/23/politics/pete-buttigieg-2020-president/index.html ''Indiana mayor Pete Buttigieg jumps into 2020 race''] ''CNN''. January 23, 2019.</ref> and dropped out on March 1st, 2020.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20200301234029/https://www.npr.org/2020/03/01/802023529/pete-buttigieg-suspends-presidential-bid ''Pete Buttigieg To Suspend Presidential Campaign''] ''NPR''. March 1st, 2020.</ref> His consolation prize was being made Secretary of Transportation under the [[Joe Biden|Biden]] administration.

Buttigieg is openly gay and married.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/18/fashion/weddings/mayor-peter-buttigieg-wedding-democratic-party.html Pete Buttigieg Might Be President Someday. He's Already Got the First Man.] ''The New York Times''. June 18, 2018.</ref> He is a Rhodes Scholar, and winner of the 2000 John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award, for an essay on [[Bernie Sanders]].<ref name="PBS-mayor-pete">[https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/what-does-pete-buttigieg-believe-where-the-candidate-stands-on-7-issues ''What does Pete Buttigieg believe? Where the candidate stands on 7 issues'']. PBS NewsHour. February 15, 2019. Accessed March 7, 2019. </ref> He was a Navy lieutenant,<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/12/opinion/sunday/the-first-gay-president.html?_r=0 ''The First Gay President?'']</ref> and [[Afghanistan War]] veteran.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20170405190634/https://www.southbendtribune.com/news/local/navy-reserve-to-deploy-buttigieg-to-afghanistan/article_5ccb3a3a-1bd1-11e3-bec9-0019bb30f31a.html ''Navy Reserve to deploy Buttigieg to Afghanistan'']</ref> He is usually seen as a centrist. His campaign was often mocked for its failure to reach black voters, and this ultimately sealed his fate once the primary season got to more diverse states like [[Nevada]] and [[South Carolina]] despite good showings in the initial few contests. In [[2024 U.S. presidential election|2024]], he was briefly considered for being [[Kamala Harris]]'s VP, but was passed over in favor of [[Tim Walz]].<ref>[https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/pete-buttigieg-harris-vp-pick/story?id=112518637 Who is Pete Buttigieg, a possible Harris VP pick?], Ivan Pereira, ''ABC News'' 2 August 2024</ref>

==Views==
*Supports [[same-sex marriage]], being in such a marriage himself.<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/18/fashion/weddings/mayor-peter-buttigieg-wedding-democratic-party.html ''Pete Buttigieg Might Be President Someday. He's Already Got the First Man.''</ref> Wants to extend civil-rights legislation to protect the LGBTQ community.<ref name="PBS-mayor-pete"/>
*Favors transitioning towards a single-payer healthcare system by first providing a [[universal health care#Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act|public option]].<ref group="note">The public option is a government-run health insurance plan that competes with private insurance.</ref><ref name="PBS-healthviews">[https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/where-democratic-presidential-candidates-stand-on-health-care-reform Where Democratic presidential candidates stand on health care reform]. PBS NewsHour. February 20, 2019. Accessed February 25, 2019. </ref> Does not support eliminating private health insurance.<ref name="PBS-mayor-pete"/>
*Considers [[climate change]] to be a national security threat, why only military threats can be considered serious is a question left to the reader. Supports the 2015 Paris Climate Agreement. Wants to subsidize solar panels.<ref name="PBS-mayor-pete"/>
*Endorses the Green New Deal.<ref>[https://www.cnn.com/2019/02/10/politics/pete-buttigieg-green-new-deal-cnntv/index.html ''Buttigieg: Green New Deal resolution 'the right beginning' ''] ''CNN''. February 10, 2019.</ref>
*Believes the [[North American Free Trade Agreement]] (NAFTA)<ref group="note">This was renegotiated by the Trump administration and is now known as the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA).</ref> has caused significant job losses in the Midwest. Supports labor unions.<ref name="PBS-mayor-pete"/>
*Wants to ban guns in schools and the nullification of "stand-your-ground" laws. Supports universal background checks before gun purchases.<ref name="PBS-mayor-pete"/>
*Supports withdrawing U.S. troops from Afghanistan. Opposes Trump's plan to pull out of Syria. Considers Iran to be a serious threat to Israel. Only supports military deployment if diplomacy fails.<ref name="PBS-mayor-pete"/>
*Favors the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals or DACA program, wants to provide undocumented immigrants brought to the U.S. as children with a path to citizenship.<ref name="PBS-mayor-pete"/>
*Wants to [[court-packing|pack the Supreme Court]] to thirteen Justices.<ref>[https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/2/20/1836242/-Buttigieg-Open-To-Expanding-the-Supreme-Court ''2020 Democrat Pete Buttigieg Wins Applause for Making 'Pack the Courts' Argument''] ''Common Dreams''. February 20, 2019.</ref>
*Is in favor of abolishing the [[Electoral College]].<ref>[https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/427876-pete-buttigieg-calls-for-abandoning-electoral-college-it-needs-to-go ''Dem presidential candidate Buttigieg calls for scrapping Electoral College: It 'needs to go' '']</ref>
*Opposes the leaking of government documents by [[Chelsea Manning]] and [[Edward Snowden]], also opposing former President [[Barack Obama|Obama]]'s clemency of Manning's prison sentence.<ref>[https://www.cbsnews.com/news/2020-candidate-pete-buttigieg-troubled-by-clemency-for-chelsea-manning/ 2020 candidate Pete Buttigieg "troubled" by clemency for Chelsea Manning] ''CBS News''. March 11, 2019.</ref>
*Supports marijuana legalization.<ref>[https://www.marijuanamoment.net/where-presidential-candidate-pete-buttigieg-stands-on-marijuana/ Where Presidential Candidate Pete Buttigieg Stands On Marijuana]</ref>
*Supports a national public service program.<ref>[https://www.politico.com/amp/story/2019/04/15/pete-buttigieg-national-service-program-1277274 Pete Buttigieg suggests national service program] ''Politico''. 04/15/2019.</ref>

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