Yes, and now he has more experience at the federal level. He performed well in the primaries last time, and this could really be what he was missing to go all the way.

He’d have my vote. In tumultuous times like these, we need someone with the ability to remain calm and collected, as well as being able to talk TO republicans, not AT them.

He would make a great president, which is precisely why I fear he'd never get enough votes. Nearly half of the American public have shown quite clearly they prefer a terrible human being with no moral character, staggering unintelligence, and laughable common sense.

@@ateamfan42 😥

@@alecedgerly1277 I remember a time when the dems were able to do that. 😥

"unintelligible word salad" I like that phrase. imma steal it

And right on point

Except that the republicans will continue to fight any form legislation that will help improve our country.

I was rooting for Biden to win the democratic primary because I figured he could win and wasn't really excited for any other candidate. Pete Buttigieg gets me excited.

Pete Buttigieg is responsible for all the flight cancellations.

@@RH-qt2vk Are you a lobbyist❓

Absolutely right

Rails and smooth Rails tunnels and you can see a future but pick your progress and appraisals trust but verify.

I can absolutely see him becoming president in 10-20 years

Agree. I would have voted for him WITHOUT having to hold my nose and take a shower immediately after, which is more than I can say of any presidential candidate I’ve voted for since 2012. I hope he is our candidate soon.

I hope I live long enough to see him as president!

Me too, someday, but he's in a solid support role. There's a time and a place. I'm glad he's here.

CIA Pete has been a horrible Transportation secretary and deserves no praise, sweeping homeless population under the rug and promoting gentrification. This man is a disgusting excuse for a human being. He does not care about you.

He’s doing such a great job in Ohio now right 😃? …. Right ?

He’s done so great right!?! .. like when he umm.???? Oh yeah he hasn’t accomplished anything. There are worse problems now then ever

Plus he doesn't attack people who disagree. He uses his skills to explain what he thinks and believes.

Unless you need baby food or gasoline🤣

@@MajorHenryL. how does sec of transportation impact those things?

@@ctsbathory8867 Transportation ➡️Movement➡️Logistics

@@ctsbathory8867 DOT Mission. To deliver the world's leading transportation system, serving the American people and economy through the safe, efficient, sustainable, and equitable movement of people and goods.

Well said. I agree 100%

He's absolutely a clown who no one outside your echo chamber can tolerate

He cares

@@karankapoor2701 - Hahaha! Oh, Karan. I've seen Pete get major applause on Fox News! I can't imagine what YOUR echo chamber is!

@@karankapoor2701 Okay, Karen 😂 You're wrong though, cause I'm not a democrat and definitely not in any American "echo chamber" and I respect him. But you do you.

Why was he in Berlin? :)

@@maudbrewster9413 Pete or the fascist?

@@maudbrewster9413 Why not?

@@maudbrewster9413 I don't remember all the official reasons, but he met with the German ministers of Finance and of Transportation and attended an anniversary event of the German Marshal Fund.

@girlaboutlife very nice Story!

i see Pete Buttigieg on anything and I click. And always great and refreshing tone - clarity and understanding he brings. Realness - Authenticity - Smarts and Inclusion.

@@greenvortex7 And he annihilates talking points of Fox news hosts each time he goes on.

@CKC NJ have you seen Katie Porter in action? Folks need to look out when she breaks her whiteboard and sharpies out 😂 cause craps about to go down that young lady knows her stuff.

@@cindyisbell2650 she’s also one of my favorites.

YES!

Agreed!

Ditto!!!

Hope he runs and wins He is very Obamaesque

I will always remember Pete as a corporate bought stooge that weaseled his way to a cabinet position.

ha! truth spoken! even reading the "in case of fire" signs on hotel doors....

Still can. 🌸

@@sharontrujillo7793 unfortunately not in my area. All the rails are gone, and the he few that remain are just freight.

Funny they are bike paths now

@@sharontrujillo7793 not where I live.

Post WWII mentality. Owning your own car was part of the American dream. Detroit automakers were a huge part of the economy and provided many many jobs. Trains were seen as antiquated. All those stuffy old farts in congress still think this way.

Marxists like Bootyjudge should be deported

I think he is the one who gets plowed😅

I totally agreed

@@MajorHenryL. It's okay. It's consensual.

@@MajorHenryL. Let's hope so because he can take like a Man and he F*%KS every Fox interviewer hard and raw with his intelligence

Pete is a creation of McKinsey Corp. which is pure evil. Pete has McKinsey in his DNA.

You really are a gullible person.

I like it when he goes on Fox news and annihilates their talking points.

@@locadisa How much Fox news do you watch?

yep

That's a myth - the truth is you get what they are willing to sell you for as much as they can get you to pay for it.

@@leelindsay5618 Given the context of the discussion, I believe it was a refreshingly solid answer.

Such an excellent answer to an extremely complex issue

We used to have the best Research & Dev, etc. Time we took our country back!

I totaly agree with you on that,i say Pete Buttigieg for president again!

@@henkmaat8410 I completely agree.

@@pkrangersf3072 thanks for your support buddy!

So it IS possible to have an interview not be an unintelligible screaming match in America!

Pete is one of the best at it. He's so well informed.

Get rid of the gop and this will become normal again. Remember, the GOP are the ones whom started the win at all costs philosophy of pplitics.

I came here to say what you have already said. Now I don't have to. Thanks.

A Co-worker Lobbing softballs is not my view of a productive interview Considering his horrible performance as a cabinet member

He's not only very intelligent and rational but also has a lot of empathy. Secretary Pete is basicely the perfect human. I hope he's gonna be president Pete some day. You guys deserve it.

Follow him on Twitter, you’ll learn a lot and he occasionally does ask me anything’s

yes now I'm wondering why my country doesn't have a program like this

Pete for President

He would have made a great president having the ability to unite the country again. Maybe there will be a time for him to do this

2028? I'm thinking 2024.

Interesting that you say 2028. Why not 24?

I voted for him for President. I followed him very closely and he does know A TON about lots of different subjects. He does tend to have a speech that is written and he just riffs on it. This interview is not exactly hard hitting journalism. Its an advertisement for infrastructure - big deal 75% of all talk shows are just advertizements for books or albums or movies.

@@CapnCody1622 Because I think Biden will run again and Buttigieg won't run against him. Now if Biden asks him to run I think Kamala will ruin his chances. She'll be angry.

@@MichaelJohnson-vi6eh I met him and wanted to vote for him but I was afraid he couldn't have beaten tRump. And Bernie fans worried me.

Love riding the Shinkansen (Bullet Train)...there's even a Hello Kitty one 😁 kzfaq.info/get/bejne/qK97eZWY3aezf30.html

It feels like a Cadillac's suspension, it just floats (no track vibrations).

Propelled by magnets right?

@@paranoidhumanoid Right. Even when you are outside, you don't hear anything. You just feel something heavy passing by.

@@krd8521 Electric Multiple Units which recently includes Magnetics for elevation which will make them even faster...

That is the problem, he is there to put you to sleep.

@@nedludd7622 Let me guess, you hate "woke", huh?

Yes! My stress level drops and my intellectual level is energized when Pete Buttigieg speaks. It isn't that he puts people to sleep, Ned Ludd, rather, he helps calm their emotional side so that logic and reason can better guide them.

@@Ann-snowshoeingonEnceladus He doesn't use logic, as I said he is a sad sack of empty platitudes.

😊💙

@Joyce Edna I, too, supported his candidacy in 2020 and would like for him to run in 2024, but at least he can have a broad, positive impact on our society in his current capacity.

I completely agree. I too supported him for 2020. I even had an opportunity to meet him. He is brilliant, and he is kind - what a wonderful combo.

I agree!!!!

Couldn’t agree more, I’d love an articulate, knowledgeable and kind person in the office!

you mean the racist mayor #WallStPete

❤️

Thanks to President Biden for appointing PB as a secretary in his cabinet. Biden is very smart, he is raising a great President for America. Vote Democrat.

He will. He'll be one of the smartest president ever elected. He's a problem solver.

He would definitely get my vote.

He had my vote against Biden when he ran last time.

Uhm it’s Secretary Mayor Pete 😆

Ue hi you r up

Bernie Sanders is also great at explaining things, but I think he is winding down .

Most politicians can comprehend why it is important to bring together or divide communities. They made an active choice to divide and it isn't always about greed. Sometimes it is simply about hatred. A lot of decisions we think are dumb or incompetent are well-thought-out acts that achieve their goals.

@@aggy5372That happened after Pete rigged the Iowa caucus using the Shadow App.

@Ashwin Varghese and how exactly is he one of the worst ever?

@Ashwin Varghese enough with your fake news traitor.

Pete is a creation of McKinsey Corp. which is pure evil. Pete has McKinsey in his DNA.

@Ashwin Varghese Obviously you like Donald J Trumps bad choices better?

Agreed!

I know many of this country weren't ready for him to take the presidency in the last run, but man, it hurt my heart for our world that we weren't ready for him. I'm more than ready. He's down to earth, humble, kind hearted and understandable. We need him so much...so much.

@@Yarona1 I'll be SHOCKED if he never serves as President. It might not be in 2 years. It might not even be in 10. But I think he'll definitely be elected somewhere down the line.

@@Yarona1 That's because he's a liar.

@@katesweeney9101 of course he'll rig it.

You should look up his history of fixing bread prices. He also thinks you don’t deserve healthcare like all the other developed nations. He’s just a corporate shill and you’ve bought the propaganda

What is wrong with you?

He's great at framing progressive And liberal positions in ways that appeal to conservatives. I love his rhetoric.

@@UberOtaku001 This sort of comment makes me lose hope for all humanity. You can't tell between empty rhetoric/false promises and real genuine people. This is why we don't have healthcare, why the world is burning while the US wages more and more war, why the US Federal government is waging a war against the working class.

@@henrygustav7948 Not much really, but nobody’s perfect!

Raskin might be up there

Yeah, I'm thinking about asking him to come to my country. We have no shortage of dedicated individuals in our government, but we could always use more.

You might not deserve him, but you NEED him!

We deserve a zillion times better than him.

We don’t, but thank goodness we got him!

He's 40.

@@cowzsay Still young for a Politician... in comparison to the average age of Congress is like 60... I mean they have people who are 80+ years old in Congress... Grassley is 87... 87 years old... like mmmmm yeah.

YES!

I'd argue we should go even younger than him. Experience isn't everything. You also need motivation, dedication and heart for the job. You don't need to be over 40 to have those things.

@@Snoflakes_1 So ignore all policies then?

Absolutely! I think most people admire his intelligence and well-spokenness.

Too bad the republicans don't agree and constantly shoot down attempts to do just that. If you want America to truly improve, do not vote for anyone in the gop.

John, you are very well spoken.

He's a guy who speaks incredibly well, and has very little to show in terms of tangible results- I remember when he told airlines they had to shape up on July 4th travel or face consequences...they cancelled more flights than ever July 4th and what happened? Absolutely nothing (and I like the guy, I voted for him in the primary- he's just not that qualified for the positions he has)

Huh? I thought this was the Daily Show. But agree with you, he is gutsy, super smart----and lovable too!

@@Yell5651 yes this is the Daily Show. Key word here was “also”.

Stop trying to make Buttigieg a thing

The guy will tell you whatever you want to hear to climb the ladder to power. Bunch of flowery rhetoric 👎

@@mckernan603 putz

@@paulh5986 putz

@@istdochallesegal3427 thanks for your intelligent informative response

Isn't it amazing what a real politician can do when they know what they're talking about *and* have the integrity and humility to actually perform the duties of their office? Amazing. Sec Pete for Pres!

@@fernlovebond it is.. Next président

Pete for President

Seconded. Love this guy. And a complete package I feel. He’s a veteran too isn’t he wow..

What’s not to like?

@@nellyrasberry for me, nothing! 😁 Was addressing the negative comments

Unfortunately, that will be his downfall. Too many people won't trust him, because they want someone who "talks about things they can understand". We know who that is.

And he is just so adorable.

he does great service at what needs doing rare quality he does not seem interested in wasting his life squabbling w josh gym marge mitch and the other deplorables. please and visiting mass ar15 murders... a weekly happening. please no division please

He can't even stand up to airline's from ripping off customers.

These are the dumbest possible categories to vote for a politician ever. I assume/hope you're a paid bot because if you're not, you are the most easily manipulated low-information voter on this planet. And just ask the citizens of South Bend where you'll end up.

I hate to break it to you, but you still haven't seen it. Pete is as shill-like and venal as the rest of them.

He young enough that I don't doubt for a minute he'll run again some day.

Yeah…why did he drop out.. 🤔

@@michaelcummins7397 Biden's polling numbers. I'm sure he had a conversation with the President (then candidate) about a cabinet position and then because a surrogate on the road.

@@michaelcummins7397 think he was sitting in 3rd, at the time. I'm sure, he had consultants and polling telling him how it was expected to go. He's a smart guy. Still, wish he would have won.

@@MrSlatra right… he and all the others just ‘happened’ to drop out before Super Tuesday… 🥴

Me, 100% YES!!

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

So intelligent to be president but.......... I didn't say anything!

Pete can talk eloquently, but I'd caution you to look past his words and see how his inactions shows what an ineffective leader he is. He likes doing the talk shows and news circuits to chase clout, and spend that infrastructure money that he didn't even pass. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/p9eqZ8qnvZOvj4E.html

@Gomez Addams - How right you are! Maybe we, as a country, are at a point where we need to elect legislators who care about our country--and not just their own narrow self-interests. I'm tired of hearing politicians say they're going to drain the swamp only to turn around and make the swamp even murkier because they are part of that swamp.

Amtrak is pretty awful, and of all the transportation options rail is my favorite still. I really hope we get some solid funding for Amtrak to modernize, I would love to travel the country in a 200mph Bar Car, instead I get a 2 hour delay (thankfully still in a Bar Car) because a tree fell across the tracks.

If Petey B runs for president, I'm voting for him.

If he runs for president, I'm voting for Trump.

@@jj51424 Convicted felons can't run for public office.

How about when he said he was endorsed by three prominent black leaders....and it turned out to be a....lie. 🤷🏼‍♀️

My mom has told me the same

They were bought out and dismantled by a consortium of General Motors, Standard Oil, Phillips Petroleum, Mack Trucks, and Firestone Tire. The corporations and their officers were convicted by a jury of conspiracy to form a monopoly under the Sherman Anti-Trust Act, but a sympathetic judge handed down sentences as low as $1.

My late Mom said we had electric streetcars connecting county capitals and rural towns.

See “who framed roger rabbit”

We need Maglev trains now across the country so that cars and planes are optional and not necessary, china has already built their first 500+ mph train. The US is so behind.

🤢trump, jr and his gang of trophy hunters🦵🏽are trying to shoot them all, endangered or not.🙄

They are! There is a huge one that just broke ground in my area.

He did already in 2020.

Me too, and I'm not even American. But we would like to work with someone we can respect 😁

@jackie joseph - I'll second that! The sooner the better, too, in my book. He'd certainly be 1,000 time better than ANYONE who is currently indicating they want that position--a position that should lead us to greatness instead of making it just a campaign slogan. MAGA was (and is) a joke!

I'll do you one better. I want him to be president.

He is a consideration for the White House in 2024!

And he thinks fast and has answers that don't sound like pre-prepared talking points. And he doesn't resort to the standard politician's trick of deflecting, turning every question onto one of their selected topics, irrespective of what the interviewer asked. _So_ annoying when they do that, and avoid answering the question.

Yea he’s going to take paternal leave with his husband again when we go through another transportation crisis.

@@sungukyun2608 That's an incredibly ignorant, homophobic and subliminally sexist comment. But hey, you do you.

I would add Obama to that list. Even those who hate him admit that he's a pretty cool guy.

I wouldn't say "excellent" lol

@@luisraya1666 how about a heck of a lot better than tfg

It is - to me, at least - super interesting that it's specifically _him._ Buttigieg was known for his infrastructure boons when he was still mayor, lots and lots of potholes filled.

@@ojisankusai lots and lots of homeless brushed aside like pieces of garbage as well.

@@ojisankusai The key is filling potholes with quality materials. Not so that they can come back 6 months later and fill them again. I need to write Pete about that.

Hit the nail in the head!

Why - they did not want Biden to get the credit. Childish ha?

No, President Biden is for all Americans. Besides, all the States are a mic of Red and Blue.

He is a Rhodes Scholar.

Hes really done nothing at all during the airport problems or ohio train disaster. Why is everyone in these comments a cheerleader for pete?

I live where there is no power and about 22 miles from any charging station. It's fine, just get an EV with 300 mile range and no worries.

Might be worth a try to speak to your building ownership about installing some charging spots...

Tesla chargers are opening up to everyone soon. They have chargers everywhere. Mostly hidden behind shopping centers, but they have tens of thousands

Localally driven change is some of the most effective and longest lasting. Consider putting up a petition on your building's bulletin board, or going door to door to collect signatures to see if you have likeminded residents and go from there. Look at the cost savings of EV ownership and consider whether you would be willing to take on some of that and put it towards a small rent increase to amortize a portion of the costs and make a case to the owners regarding the longterm benefits of installing this. If your building is too small to support it and ypur own dinances limited, see if there are interested parties in other budings in the area that could pool and come to an agreement on shared use, or reach out to some local businesses and let them know there is interest in the community and ask if they'd ever consider installing a few stations. A hardware store in my area has built a number of charging stations-people that come to grab a charge stay to browse goods. It's a similar model to providing parking in the first place, people that drive EVs tend to be more affluent, and therefore catering to them as a business can yield returns. Sometimes someone just needs to be the first to point that out in a community. Try writing your local city/town elected officials, as well as state and federal, and ask they support subsidies and tax breaks for the installation of this kind of infrastructure either at private businesses, kr at public areas like local sports centers, town halls, etc. Point is that while big, systemic change from the top down is definitely needed longterm, people working from the ground up makes it a lot easier for the powers that be to meet in the middle. Don't be afraid to speak openly abkut your desire for EVs. Even just normalizing it can have an effect.

Thanks, everyone, for the info about charging stations. I verified & found that there is only 1 EV station in my zip code & it provides for all charging ports. It really wouldn't be advantageous for me to buy an EV because: 1) I don't drive often; I've had to replace the battery in my truck once because I start it & use it so infrequently. I filled my tank up ~3-4 mths ago & I have between 1/2-3/4 tank of gas left. 2) I live on a fixed income (my rent is 73% of my income) & spending the price of a home downpayment on an EV is ridiculous, for me; my 20 yr old truck is paid off. Thanks for the info though.

Indeed Sushitha!

To think, this is what government COULD BE. imagine how much could be accomplished?!