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Buttigieg seeks to reclaim American values for Democrats
The Gazette ^ | 5/18/19 | James Q. Lynch

Posted on 05/18/2019 4:50:30 PM PDT by madprof98

“So whatever we do now will decide not just what the next four years looks like, but what like but the next 40 years will look like,” Buttigieg told more than 500 people at the Wildwood Smokehouse & Saloon. “That’s why we’ve just not got to win an election, but win the era for our values.”

Republicans have made claims on those values and Buttigieg is reclaiming them, said Sarah Prineas, who introduced him.

Buttigieg “doesn’t pay a whole lot of attention to the giant, orange elephant in the room,” she said. “He is a uniter. He makes us feel like we’re in this together.”

Buttigieg, who made a stop at the Iowa City farmers’ market ahead of the rally, contends his rhetoric about values appeals to not only his Democratic audiences but to voters “who are not tribal, committed partisans.”

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By appealing to shared values “like freedom and security and democracy and faith and family ... means there is more to reaching out to independents than moving into the center.”

“These are things that don’t belong to one party unless we surrender them on my side of the aisle,” Buttigieg said. “If we do that, we shouldn’t be surprised that someone family oriented or faith oriented of shooting [?] oriented thinks the Republicans are the only ones speaking to them.”

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Republicans weren’t as generous in their assessment of Buttigieg’s campaign swing through Iowa.

“Pete Buttigieg hasn’t been properly vetted by the American people yet, but we already know he’s fully embracing the 2020 Democratic platform of late-term abortion, government-run health care, abolishing the Electoral College and court packing,” Republican Party of Iowa Chairman Jeff Kaufmann said.

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To: MIchaelTArchangel

His name is Butt, but he pronounces it Booty. So gay.


61 posted on 05/19/2019 3:16:29 AM PDT by NetAddicted (Just looking)
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To: Trump Girl Kit Cat

I’m comforted by the size and scope of his Rallies, but you are correct - we can take nothing for granted!


62 posted on 05/19/2019 5:07:53 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin ("And she and Billie Jeff was throwing somethin' off the Tallahatchie Bridge...")
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To: sparklite2

Another example that shows that South Park is the leading (if not bleeding!) edge social commentary & satire even when the target has yet to come in view!

I think that episode was some 5-7 years ago.


63 posted on 05/19/2019 7:41:08 AM PDT by Reily
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To: Bommer

No, quite the contrary!

My argument is designed to cause the people who ritually vote Democrat, without even thinking about why they are doing so, are dead wrong and need to change their ways.

Just because they have always voted Democrat doesn’t mean they have to CONTINUE to vote Democrat!

In fact, I don’t believe that the majority of Democrat voters hate America.

I believe they are conditioned to vote Democrat and we must convince them that by voting Democrat, they really are voting AGAINST THEIR OWN BEST INTERESTS.

IOW, THEY ARE VOTING AND AGAINST AMERICA AND THEIR FRIENDS, THEIR FAMILY AND THEIR CO-WORKERS!


64 posted on 05/19/2019 9:31:48 AM PDT by Taxman (We will never be a truly free people so long as we have the income tax and the IRS.)
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To: madprof98
Bernie wants FREE! college for all,
Pete wants FREE! anal condoms for all!



OOoooh! I'll vote for that!


65 posted on 05/20/2019 5:37:48 AM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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