Could Mayor Pete become President Pete? If elected, Pete Buttigieg would not only be the first openly gay president in U.S. history — he would also be the youngest. Learn more about the Democratic candidate.
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00:00I get that I'm the young guy in the conversation, but I would say experience is what qualifies me to have a seat at this table.
00:14My father immigrated to this country because he knew it was the best place in the world to get an advanced education.
00:21He became an American citizen and met my mother, a young professor who is the daughter of an army colonel and a piano teacher.
00:31After graduating from school, I went to the university to study music.
00:38I knew I would be an excellent piano teacher.
00:43I was a guitar player for a short period of time and one day I realized I was a good teacher.
00:49I had a lot of fun, a lot of fun.
00:52I think my father would say that you should always be a professional piano teacher.
00:58That's why I'm running for Indiana State Treasurer, but it's not about me, it's about you.
01:26When I took office, we were being dismissed as a dying community.
01:30The important thing that I think people need to know about South Bend's story is that we
01:34didn't change our trajectory because I went around saying things like, I alone can fix
01:39it or we're going to make our city great again.
01:49I also wanted to take this opportunity just to thank South Bend and everybody there for
01:54being so supportive.
01:56I hope it gets people thinking and I hope everybody realizes that the sun came up today,
02:04I'm the exact same person I was yesterday.
02:08This is a chance for the DNC to show that it's ready for a fresh start, that it's ready
02:12for change.
02:39I am a proud son of South Bend, Indiana.
02:42And I am running for President of the United States.
02:57We can start with Medicare for all who want it by making some version of Medicare available
03:02on the exchanges for people to opt into as part of the pathway to Medicare for all.
03:13I was a little surprised that I'm the only one who's been on Fox so far, because there
03:16are so many viewers who may never hear what our party has to say at all if we're never
03:21going on those channels and explaining what we believe.
03:30So next time a reporter asked me if America is ready for a gay president, I'm going to
03:35tell the truth.
03:36I'm going to give him the only answer that I can think of that's honest, and it's this.
03:42I trust my fellow Americans, but at the end of the day, there's exactly one way to find
03:47out for sure.