What People Are Saying About Pete Buttigieg’s Strong Start At Tonight’s Debate
“Oh my, Buttigieg is so good” … “Buttigieg with another good answer” … “Pete Buttigieg is right” … “Strong answer from Pete Buttigieg. And he’s right” … “Mayor Pete reminds the candidates that it’s not just the Presidency that needs addressing, but also the House and Senate.” … “Great answer by Mayor Pete” … “Pete Buttigieg has the best temperament to debate Donald Trump” … “So far tonight Pete Buttigieg quite effective” … “Pete Buttigieg calls to stop and frisk ‘racist’ and points out something that is likely frustrating many black voters watching”
Josh Kraushaar @HotlineJosh: Buttigieg with the strongest opener of the first four.
Erin Pelton @erin_pelton: Great answer by Mayor Pete especially as the rest keep sniping at each other. #DemDebate
SC Representative JA Moore @jamooreforsc15: .@PeteButtigieg is right. Nobody on that stage has lived the experience of being black in America. I support him because he understands the importance of listening and learning from people like myself. #DemDebate
Frank Luntz @FrankLuntz: .@PeteButtigieg is right – moderates are why the Democratic Party won back the House in 2018. @JusticeDems flipped exactly zero red seats to blue.
Paul Rieckhoff @PaulRieckhoff: Strong answer from @PeteButtigieg. And he’s right. Sanders vs #PresidentMayhem would be brutal, divisive and chaotic. And very bad for America. #OurEnemiesAreCelebrating the prospect. We, the independents of America especially, say hell no.
BET @BET: Mayor Pete reminds the candidates that it’s not just the Presidency that needs addressing, but also the House and Senate. #DemDebate #ReclaimYourVote
Guy Benson @guypbenson: Buttigieg correct that Russians want chaos & that Trump vs. Bernie would be stunningly and relentlessly divisive. #DemDebate
Tom Nichols @RadioFreeTom: OK, that appeal to the billionaires from Pete made me chuckle, that was a good moment.
John McCormick @McCormickJohn: "I will raise your taxes," @PeteButtigieg says to billionaires who may be watching
Doug Sovern @SovernNation: Relatable approach by #PeteButtigieg: do the American people want to spend the rest of #2020 seeing nothing but #BernieSanders vs #DonaldTrump? Knowing laughs from audience at #DemDebate
Stuart Rothenberg @StuPolitics: Buttigieg with another good answer.
Maria Shriver @mariashriver: Smart of Mayor @PeteButtigieg to point out irony that all candidates on the stage are white, while talking about racial justice. #demdebate
BlackWomenViews @blackwomenviews Pete had a good answer acknowledging that he is on entirely vvhite stage and vvhite privilege. #DemDebate
National Action Network @NationalAction: Pete Buttigieg calls to stop and frisk “racist” and points out something that is likely frustrating many black voters watching tonight. #DemDebate #bhmpolicywatch
Mike Signer @MikeSigner: What folks are seeing from @PeteButtigieg so far in this debate is the secret sauce of his extraordinary year-long campaign: honesty, thoughtfulness, self-reflection, executive experience, compassion, and moral seriousness. This is why he holds his own and builds and wins.
Equality California @eqca: THANK YOU, Mayor Pete for acknowledging that working toward racial justice means 𝙡𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜 to those with the lived experiences of discrimination, hate and racism. #DemDebate
Stuart Rothenberg @StuPolitics: Oh my, Buttigieg is so good.
LGBTQ Victory Fund @VictoryFund: "None of us have the experience - the lived experienced - of walking down the street or in a mall and feeling eyes on us because they think we're dangerous." - @PeteButtigieg #DemDebate (this is what listening and learning looks like
Ed O’Keefe @edokeefe: So far tonight @PeteButtigieg quite effective on 2 points: Expressing humility and lack of personal experience with being a minority (will it shore up Black support?) and laying bare the practical political risk of nominating Sanders by invoking the House Democratic freshmen.
Bob Duff, Senate Majority Leader, CT @senatorduff: Thank you @PeteButtigieg
for talking about keeping the House and taking back the U.S. Senate. We need a Democratic nominee who will unite this country and elect Democrats up and down the ballot. @PeteForAmerica #DemDebate #DemDebate2020 #democraticdebates
Jon Soltz @jonsoltz: Pete Buttigieg has the best temperament to debate Donald Trump. Voters need to make it happen on Super Tuesday! #DemDebate
