Column:The unflappable Pete Buttigieg is (still) the Democrats' best political communicator

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Los Angeles Times

Mary McNamara
July 29, 2024

Everywhere you look, there’s Slayer Pete eviscerating the Trump campaign in no uncertain terms. On Sunday morning, he pushed back against Fox News anchor Shannon Bream’s attempt to soften the impact of Trump-appointed Supreme Court justices’ decision to overturn Roe vs. Wade. “Trump demolished the right to choose in this country. Period.”

Overturning Roe was one of the few campaign promises Trump kept during his administration, Buttigieg said — the ultimate backhanded compliment.

“He broke his promise for that kind of economic growth. He broke his promise to pass an infrastructure bill, right?” Buttigieg continued. “He said he would do that. He failed to do it. The Biden-Harris administration got it done. [Trump] even broke his promise to that Jan. 6 mob when he said, ‘I will be at your side when you march down to the Capitol.’” But, Buttigieg added, “He kept his promise to destroy the right to choose in this country. And he kept his promise on tax cuts for the rich. And if you want to know what a second Trump term would be like, I would start by looking at those rare promises that he actually managed to keep.”

When Bream pushed Buttigieg on the issue of Biden’s age and ability, he deftly turned the tables: “Unlike Republicans, who in Trump’s personality cult will take a look at Donald Trump and say he’s perfectly fine even though he seemed unable to tell the difference between Haley and Pelosi, even though he’s rambling about electrocuting sharks and Hannibal Lecter ... we don’t have that kind of warped reality on our side.”

https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2024-07-29/pete-buttigieg-kamala-harris-fox-news-cnn-real-time-bill-maher

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1. Venn diagram overlap on who would reject Pete B is already inside Harris' rejection

We need his energy and charisma at VP. I remember what the balance did in 2016. Kaine was a non-entity. I see the same for the list of governors being put forward. We can't give up or have contended a Senate seat either.