Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg compared Donald Trumpās running mate, Sen. JD Vance, with Trumpās former vice president, Mike Pence, during his speech Wednesday night at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago.
After criticizing Trump, Buttigieg pivoted his attention to the former presidentās running mate.
āAnd donāt even get me started on [Trumpās] new running mate. At least Mike Pence was polite. JD Vance is one of those guys who thinks if you donāt live the life that he has in mind for you, then you donāt count,ā Buttigieg, a Democratic presidential candidate in 2020, said asĀ he made comparisonsĀ between the two.Ā āSomeone who said that if you donāt have kids, you have āno physical commitment to the future of this country.ā
Replying to my own comment instead of editing it, it appears that Buttigieg moved to Michigan in 2022 with his husband. That gives him some time to get to know the state, which is much friendlier to Democrats. My guess is that he stays on the cabinet for a year, then announces that he is running for Senate to take Stabenowās seat as she announced that she is retiring at the end of the year.
This gives Buttigieg a long term position he camp on while positioning himself to be President.
I cannot imagine America electing a gay man president. I hadnāt really thought about it until he did well at the Iowa caucus in 2020 and they asked one of her supporters about him being gay and you could see her get the ick. Michelle Obama was completely right in her DNC speech that people like her and Harris and Barack donāt get second, third, fourth chances, and I think this is doubly true for Mayor Pete. If he were straight Iām convinced he wouldāve been nominated.
I canāt imagine now, but it is possible that Buttigieg could run for Michigan Senator. That gives him a place to park and be politically relevant while he plans for the future.
Biden ran several times for President before becoming President.