Pete Buttigieg to release new book ahead of 2020 election

Pete Buttigieg is writing a second book.

The former mayor of South Bend, Indiana, announced Wednesday that Trust: America’s Best Chance will be released Oct. 6, less than a month before Election Day.

Buttigieg, a former 2020 presidential candidate who has helped fundraise for Joe Biden, said he is trying to “start a new conversation” about the lack of trust people have in U.S. institutions and in fellow citizens.

“Our democracy depends on high levels of trust,” he said, “but social and political trust have been moving in the wrong direction.”

Buttigieg released his first book, a memoir, Shortest Way Home: One Mayor’s Challenge and a Model for America’s Future, in early 2019.

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