Pete Buttigieg 2020 Presidential Campaign Exploratory Committee Launch Video Transcript
The show right now in Washington is Exhausting.
The corruption, the fighting, the lying, the crisis.
It’s got to end.
The reality is that there’s no going back.
And there’s no such thing as again in the real world.
We can’t look for greatness in the past.
Right now our country needs a fresh start.
I’m Pete Buttigieg. I’m the Mayor of South Bend, Indiana.
When I arrived in office at the beginning of this decade, the national press said that our city was dying.
People on the outside didn’t believe our city had a future.
We propelled our city’s comeback by taking our eyes off the rearview mirror, being honest about change, and insisting on a better future.
I belong to a generation that is stepping forward right now.
We’re the generation that lived through school shootings, that served in the wars after 9/11.
And we’re the generation that stands to be the first to make less than our parents.
Unless we do something different.
“We can’t just polish off a system so broken. It is a season for boldness and a focus on the future.”
Good leadership brings out the best in us.
The job of a leader is to call us to our highest values.
“We stand for the better America that we know we can be. That’s our message. It’s not even complicated.”
There’s a new generation of voices emerging in our country.
Walking away from the politics of the past and ready to deliver on our priorities.
There is no again in the real world.
That’s not a bad thing.
We’re ready for a fresh start.
“We stand proud for our values, let’s go show the world.”
