Pete Buttigieg 2020 presidential campaign

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Pete Buttigieg 2020 presidential campaign
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Campaign 2020 United States presidential election (Democratic primaries)
Candidate Pete Buttigieg
Mayor of South Bend, Indiana (2012–present)
Affiliation Democratic Party
Status Exploratory committee formed: January 23, 2019
Headquarters South Bend, Indiana
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  • Mike Schmuhl, campaign manager[1]
  • Lis Smith, spokesperson[1]
Slogan It's time for a new generation of American leadership.
Website
www.peteforamerica.com

On January 23, 2019, Pete Buttigieg, the mayor of South Bend, Indiana, formed an exploratory committee for the Democratic party nomination for the 2020 U.S. presidential election. Buttigieg is serving his second term as mayor of South Bend, Indiana. If elected, Buttigieg would be the first openly gay U.S. president as well as the youngest.[2][3]

Buttigieg is running for the Democratic Party's nomination in the 2020 presidential election, campaigning on universal healthcare, protecting American jobs by strengthening labor unions as well as renegotiating trade deals, ensuring universal background checks for guns, protecting the environment by addressing climate change, protecting DREAMers, passing a federal law banning discrimination against LGBT people, and ending the drug war by legalizing marijuana.[4][5]

Campaign

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Buttigieg campaigning in New Hampshire in February 2019

On January 23, 2019, Pete Buttigieg announced the formation of an exploratory committee to run for President of the United States in the 2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries.[3] He had attracted speculation as a potential presidential candidate, notably following his visit to the early caucus state of Iowa in December 2018, where he announced he would not run for reelection as mayor of South Bend in 2019.[6]

Buttigieg participated in a CNN town hall at South by Southwest in Austin, Texas, on March 11.[7] Within 24 hours, Buttigieg raised more than $600,000 from 22,000 unique donors. This gave his campaign an extra boost and a better chance than most of the other low tier candidates to qualify for the primary debates later in the year. Following the Townhall and a series of well-received press interviews, CNN dubbed Buttigieg "the hottest candidate in the 2020 race".[8][9]

On March 16, 2019, Buttigieg's campaign surpassed the 65,000 unique donor threshold to qualify for the presidential primary debates.[10][11] He is expected to officially launch his campaign in April 2019.[12]

Political positions

Climate change

Buttigieg favors a renewed commitment by the U.S. to the Paris climate agreement.[13] He has also mentioned that the government should start subsidizing solar panels to reduce emissions.[14] Buttigieg is a proponent of the Green New Deal proposed by House Democrats.[15][16]

Economy and commerce

Buttigieg has frequently pointed to automation as the main cause of manufacturing job loss and is focused on making the new global economy work for all Americans.[17] He supports labor unions and seeks additional protections for them.[18] He considers himself a capitalist, but rejects crony capitalism and favors a constitutional amendment to protect democracy from the undue influence of money in politics.[19] He is receptive to the possibility of anti-trust actions against large technology companies, but more focused on privacy and data security concerns.[20]

Foreign policy

Buttigieg has said that he believes the post-9/11 action in Afghanistan was justified[20] but now supports withdrawing American troops from the country, but not out of Syria.[13] In 2019, Buttigieg stated he was "troubled" by the pardon of Chelsea Manning and gave a mixed response to Edward Snowden's actions, saying that "we've learned things about abuses and that one way or another that needed to come out" but that "the way for that to come out is through Congressional oversight, not through a breach of classified information."[21]

Health care

Buttigieg advocated for a single-payer health care system from the start of his campaign.[22] He has clarified that he would not immediately jump to single-payer from the current system—implementing an all-payer rate setting as a stopgap.[23]

Immigration

Buttigieg supports DACA and has drawn attention to the Trump administration’s aggressive deportation policies. In one instance, he defended a resident of Granger, Indiana who was deported after living in the U.S. for 17 years despite checking in with ICE regularly and applying for a green card.[24]

On the topic of sending American troops to the southern border, Buttigieg says that Trump has been reckless and that this should only be used as a last resort.[25]

Social issues

Buttigieg favors amending civil rights legislation with the Federal Equality Act, so that LGBT Americans receive federal non-discrimination protections.[26] He opposes the ban on transgender military participation enacted under Trump.[27][21]

Elections

Buttigieg favors the abolition of the Electoral College.[28]

Judicial issues

Buttigieg has stated that he believes the Supreme Court needs structural reform, emphasizing depoliticization and suggesting that the court be expanded to 15 members, five of whom can only be seated by a unanimous consensus of the other 10.[29]

Domestic policy

Buttigieg is an advocate for the statehood of Washington, D.C. and Puerto Rico, "if they want it."[30] He also supports expanding opportunities for national service, specifically increasing opportunities for young Americans to do a service year after high school. [31]

Endorsements

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Main article: Endorsements in the 2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries § Pete Buttigieg

References

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