What People Are Saying About Mayor Pete’s Debate Performance
“Sitting at a bar in Grinnell, Iowa with a bunch of local Dems. Buttigieg's religious answer first one of the night that got everyone applauding.” - Reid Wilson, The Hill
“Mayor Pete calling out the disingenuous religious shroud the @gop wraps themselves in while ripping children out of their mothers’ arms and putting them in cages #DemDebate” - Sarah Silverman
“.@PeteButtigieg just gave a great answer on faith and religion and hypocrisy #DemDebate” - Dr. Jason Johnson
On Twitter:
Ankit Panda @nktpnd: Buttigieg's answer was good — borrowing and expanding on the ideas in his big FP speech a few weeks ago.
Michael Smerconish @smerconish: best answer so far from @PeteButtigieg injecting religion into immigration conversation
Bakari Sellers @Bakari_Sellers: Oh @PeteButtigieg just said GOP doesn’t mean Gods Only Party. Pete is a relatable brilliant guy.
Josh Rogin @joshrogin: .@PeteButtigieg gets the China challenge. He pointed out that Beijing is using technology to spread its authoritarian model and called for America to fix its own model to better compete. Well done.
Dan Merica @merica: Buttigieg, in arguably his best received moment of the campaign, lambasted the GOP touting their close ties to Christian leaders at the same time that they are separating families at the border and putting children into detention centers. "We should call out hypocrisy," he said.
Frank Luntz @FrankLuntz: Mayor Pete just delivered his best lines of the #DemDebate by contrasting the GOP’s purported religious values with their support of forcibly separating children from their parents at the border. It is worthy of a 30 second ad.
Reid Wilson @PoliticsReid: Sitting at a bar in Grinnell, Iowa with a bunch of local Dems. Buttigieg's religious answer first one of the night that got everyone applauding.
Jason Johnson @DrJasonJohnso: @PeteButtigieg just gave a great answer on faith and religion and hypocrisy #DemDebate
Palmer Report @PalmerReport: Pete Buttigieg just dropped a righteous bomb on the Republican Party.
Xorje Olivares @XorjeO: Buttigieg REALLY has a nice way of incorporating SOOO many nuances to his answers...like right now throwing in religion?? That was quite masterful #DemDebate
Sarah Silverman @SarahKSilverman: Mayor Pete calling out the disingenuous religious shroud the @gop wraps themselves in while ripping children out of their mothers’ arms and putting them in cages #DemDebate
Laura Bassett @LEBassett: Buttigieg is at his best on religious hypocrisy.
Tara McGowan @taraemcg: anyone else notice how @PeteButtigieg just calmed down the stage + room? that was something 💆🏻♀️
Preet Bharara @PreetBharara: Mayor @PeteButtigieg on religion and children in cages and hypocrisy: excellent.
Don Beyer @DonBeyerVA: "[A Republican Party that suggests] that God would smile at the division of families -- that God would condone putting children in cages -- has lost all claim to using religious language again." -- @PeteButtigieg
Michael J. O'Loughlin @MikeOLoughlin: Buttigieg’s ease with talking about faith and progressive values helps him stand out in this field.
Brian Beutler @brianbeutler: It is very refreshing to hear a Dem candidate (@PeteButtigieg) implore people in public life to treat Republican claims to religious virtue as a crock.
Glynda Carr @glyndacarr: .@PeteButtigieg effectively brought his faith to #demdebate and proposed a faith in action approach.
Katie Couric @katiecouric: The senior superlative for most articulate debater goes to...@PeteButtigieg #DemDebate2
Kurt Bardella @kurtbardella: Every time @PeteButtigieg speaks - I think to myself “damn, that dude is smart” bet I’m not the only one ... #MayorPete #DemocraticDebate #DemDebate2
