Pete Buttigieg
@PeteButtigieg
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Husband, dad, veteran, writer, and proud Midwesterner. 19th US Secretary of Transportation and former Mayor of South Bend.
Traverse City, MI
Joined December 2010
Chasten and I are beyond thankful for all the kind wishes since first sharing the news that we’re becoming parents. We are delighted to welcome Penelope Rose and Joseph August Buttigieg to our family.
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Did the President of the United States just instruct a white supremacist group to “stand by”?.
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Just imagine turning on the TV, seeing your president, and feeling your blood pressure go down instead of up.
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All night he talked about himself and about her. She, by contrast, talked about you. Because that’s who she works for.
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For some time, Chasten and I have wanted to grow our family. We’re overjoyed to share that we’ve become parents! The process isn’t done yet and we’re thankful for the love, support, and respect for our privacy that has been offered to us. We can’t wait to share more soon.
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Joe Biden has earned his place among the best and most consequential presidents in American history. I am so proud to serve under his leadership, and thankful for his unwavering focus on what is best for our country.
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Congratulations to our next president, Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
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Having my husband @Chasten by my side yesterday in a hearing room is something not seen before for a Cabinet nominee. And our hope is that it makes it easier for the next person to come along.
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This is a moment of tremendous opportunity—to create jobs, meet the climate challenge, and enhance equity for all. I'm honored that the President-elect has asked me to serve our nation as Secretary of Transportation.
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My *preference* is that the winner of this presidential election should choose the next justice.
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He’s really doubling down on the crazy uncle vibe this evening.
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Protecting the outgoing president's ego is not worth undermining national security.
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It’s 2022, and 157 House Republicans just voted against marriage equality. That’s where they come down on this issue. In 2022.
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Come to think of it, denigrating the worth of a soldier’s service based on whether he deployed to a war zone is… kind of like denigrating the worth of a woman’s citizenship based on whether she happens to have children.
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If you’re a politician or media figure who sets up the LGBTQ community to be hated and feared - not because any of us ever harmed you but because you find it useful - then don’t you dare act surprised when this kind of violence follows. Don’t you dare act surprised.
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More than ever, I'm looking forward to January 20, 2021.
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Imagine how it will feel the first time the sun comes up and Donald Trump is no longer the president of the United States.
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There's no such thing as a permanently red state. Thank you for your leadership, @StaceyAbrams!.
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America would be better off if we got rid of the Electoral College.
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Why is Lindsey Graham refusing to take a Covid test? Is the President still on steroids? Where is the Vice President? . How much better off would the USA be if we didn’t have to worry about questions like this?.
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At times like this, it would be helpful if our country had a president.
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I will do all that I can to help elect @KamalaHarris the next President of the United States.
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We will soon have a president who believes in and listens to science, and that will save lives.
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In one week we will have a president and vice president with integrity and decency, qualities we need more than ever.
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A special sunrise this morning. How does it look where you are?.
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Tim Walz is an exceptionally effective governor - and also great to work with. I’m excited for what his Midwestern voice, military experience, and common-sense values will bring to our winning ticket, and for everything the Harris-Walz administration will deliver for Americans.
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People in countries whose leaders told them the truth about COVID didn’t “panic.” They responded. And as a result, far fewer of them died.
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Can’t believe we even have to say this, but: if you just went to the Senate floor and blocked benefits for veterans exposed to toxic burn pits while serving our country in a war zone, you are wrong.
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Cats! Dogs! Geese! Laura Loomer! Look, now he’s attacking Taylor! . Like the last season before a show gets canceled for getting over-the-top and, at the same time, boring. This election is about jobs, wages, climate, health care, abortion. Not his show. Your life.
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How refreshing that our president-elect is already at work to unite and heal - ready to serve everyone who voted for this ticket, and everyone who didn’t.
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Thank you for inviting me into your homes, sharing your stories, and putting your trust in me. We launched our campaign because Americans are hungry for a new kind of politics that brings us together. And together we'll beat this president and build the era that must come next.
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When was the president’s last negative COVID test?.
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Whenever anyone is in court to make it *harder* for Americans to vote, we have to ask: why?.
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Joe Biden, not yet claiming victory, is already at work to heal and unite America.
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Let's be clear: it is wrong and illegal to use federal property and taxpayer resources for partisan campaigning.
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Has a presidential nominee ever agreed to a debate, then pulled out? . Remarkable show of weakness here.
Trump camp says he's backing out of the debates.
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If someone you love and care about voted the other way, today might be a good day to reach out. Not to talk politics, but to talk about things that will remind them (and yourself) why you love and care about them.
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In 6 weeks we can retire Mitch McConnell as Senate Majority Leader.
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Picture waking up that first day the sun rises when Donald Trump is no longer president—and @JoeBiden is in the White House. Let's work to make that happen.
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Our country is under attack from white nationalist terrorism, inspiring murder on our soil and abetted by weak gun laws. If we are serious about national security, we must summon the courage to name and defeat this evil.
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The president-elect should receive intelligence briefings not just as a courtesy—but as a matter of national security.
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Thank you, Madam Speaker, for literally standing up for our country.
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You do not refer to human beings as animals. You just don’t.
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It feels good to visualize the moment when Vice President Mike Pence is replaced by Vice President Kamala Harris.
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Being against mask mandates is like being against seat belts.
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Remember that all of this is a strategy. The politics of outrage and insult are the last refuge of a politician who cannot defend his own plans.
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We need a Secretary of Education who actually believes in public education. and public health.
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To GOP operatives working overtime to disqualify votes from deployed troops because you think it helps your guy: look in the mirror and ask yourself how it came to this.
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The USA held an election during the Civil War, and we will hold one in 96 days. No distractions—let's get to work.
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We need to trust women to make their own health care choices.
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Waiting is hard. That's as normal and human as it gets. But we're waiting because so many people voted and because election workers are carefully ensuring that every vote is counted properly—and that is a good thing.
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Sure is interesting how we passed the Inflation Reduction Act, and then inflation went down.
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She is making history already, and she will serve our nation well. Congratulations Madam Vice President-elect @KamalaHarris!.
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The stock market is not the same thing as the economy.
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We need to be clear with anyone who considers themselves an ally: LGBTQ+ equality is on the ballot.
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I don’t envy Mike Pence’s job of defending the indefensible.
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The Civil Rights Act was signed in 1964 by President Johnson. Show some goddamned respect.
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Imagine, for a moment, having a president more concerned with defeating this virus than protecting Confederate statues.
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Americans who serve aren’t “suckers” or “losers” — they are patriots.
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Listening to medical experts should not be political.
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It should not be hard, especially today, for every elected official and media personality in America—left, right, and center—to unequivocally condemn white nationalism, “replacement theory,” and all that comes with it.
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It’s one thing for some leftist group to call you a fascist. Quite another when it’s a fellow Republican. And absolutely astonishing when it’s your own chief of staff.
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25 days and still waiting for the president of the United States to comment on reports of Russian bounties on our troops.
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I'm ready for an Attorney General who understands they're the attorney for the American people, not for the president.
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Imagine what would be on your screen—or your mind—tonight, if ours were a normal democracy that gives the presidency to whoever earns the most votes.
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Our Constitution is a living document because it requires real people to interpret laws written in a living language. If it were self-evident, judges would be unnecessary. Interpretation matters.
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Today, #SCOTUS has ruled that no LGBTQ American can be fired because of who they are or who they love.
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Some things should be beyond politics, like funding the post office.
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.@KamalaHarris fights tirelessly for justice, dignity, and equality for all Americans. I'm thrilled she's joining the ticket and can't wait to call her my Vice President.
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Doing a quick bit of laundry. Hear loud scream. Run into kitchen terrified, expecting to see @Chas10Buttigieg in pool of blood. Am thereupon informed that @Lin_Manuel is following my husband, whose life is now complete.
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Substance over bluster. Optimism over negativity. And yes, a new generation over the same, old, tired show. She crushed it tonight.
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Donald Trump won’t say he wants Ukraine to win the war? . I thought he would at least pretend….
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Americans should not be satisfied with the worst COVID outcomes in the developed world.
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Thanks to everyone for the kind birthday wishes today! Very much looking forward to the year ahead and the new era that begins tomorrow.
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On January 20th, we will have a new president whose first instinct is to unite—not divide. That moment can't come soon enough.
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“If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar.”.
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When a president (who faked a disability in order to avoid serving) attacks a departed war hero, it’s for attention. We should honor the late Senator McCain, and also follow his example by focusing not on the behavior of the president but on the future of our country.
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If voting by mail is good enough for the president, it should be available to us all.
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After 9/11 we all said we were changed. That we were stronger and more united. That’s what “never forget” was about. Now, a president uses that dark day to incite his base against a member of Congress, as if for sport. As if we learned nothing that day about the workings of hate.
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Donald Trump wants to talk about literally anything besides his disastrous response to this pandemic.
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This is what a president sounds like. Truth. Decency. Focus. Compassion. Purpose. I can’t wait for Joe Biden to lead this country.
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Words have consequences, especially the words of a president and his allies. Today those consequences include violent rioters attacking our Capitol to overthrow the American democratic process. This must end, and democracy must prevail.
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It's almost unbelievable this has to be said, but a President @JoeBiden will not go silent when Putin puts a bounty on our troops.
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Such wisdom, such grace, and such moral clarity from Michelle Obama tonight. She is so right about the America we can, and must, be.
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