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WeekiWater

(3,259 posts)
Wed May 15, 2019, 09:47 AM May 2019

Pete Buttigieg's campaign asset: 'Do I have a great husband or what?'

The star of presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg’s campaign rally the other night in San Francisco was obviously the mayor who has vaulted into the national conversation about who will be the Democratic nominee.

But his husband, Chasten Buttigieg, is becoming a star in his own right — complete with 322,000 very active Twitter followers. He often makes separate campaign stops on the road than his husband, the candidate. That could explain why the cheers when Chasten took the stage to introduce South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg were nearly as loud as the roars for the candidate.

Part of that is because the pair are making history with every campaign stop — modeling what a married gay couple would look like in the White House, a point illustrated when they were featured on the cover of Time magazine under the headline, “First Family.”


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Pete Buttigieg's campaign asset: 'Do I have a great husband or what?' (Original Post) WeekiWater May 2019 OP
Chasten is a jewel! leftofcool May 2019 #1
How times have changed sandensea May 2019 #2
You got yours, good for you. Now, everyone else's robbedvoter May 2019 #3
. WeekiWater May 2019 #4
Try reading the entire speech. And stop bashing good Democrats! leftofcool May 2019 #5
I doubt Senator Harris would appreciate your dishonesty. dsc May 2019 #6
 

leftofcool

(19,460 posts)
1. Chasten is a jewel!
Wed May 15, 2019, 09:59 AM
May 2019

I would give my right arm to attend a WH party hosted by Chasten.

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primary today, I would vote for:
Undecided
 

sandensea

(21,526 posts)
2. How times have changed
Wed May 15, 2019, 10:04 AM
May 2019

It was only yesterday that saying anything even close to that was an automatic deal-breaker.

Good on them.

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primary today, I would vote for:
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robbedvoter

(28,290 posts)
3. You got yours, good for you. Now, everyone else's
Wed May 15, 2019, 10:14 AM
May 2019

civil rights are "identity politics" - no more important than economic anxiety.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
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leftofcool

(19,460 posts)
5. Try reading the entire speech. And stop bashing good Democrats!
Wed May 15, 2019, 10:31 AM
May 2019
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Undecided
 

dsc

(52,129 posts)
6. I doubt Senator Harris would appreciate your dishonesty.
Wed May 15, 2019, 10:44 AM
May 2019
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
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