Pete Buttigieg, the former 2020 Democratic presidential candidate, took a lot of guff from rivals who sneered that he lacked experience as a small-town mayor.
Now, out of the race and back home in South Bend, Indiana, where he was mayor for eight years, he’s pushing back.
So, @firstdogsSB barked while @PeteButtigieg talked to @GUPolitics, because @Chas10Buttigieg was locked out (and went to get Thai food). How was your day?
Here’s the action in three acts… pic.twitter.com/IvHKKHvfL8
— ?Hawaii for Pete (for Joe) (@HI4Pete) April 1, 2020
“I respect what goes on on Capitol Hill,” he told students of Georgetown University’s Institute of Politics & Public Service at the McCourt School of Public Policy via Zoom. “But I just don’t think that being mayor of the 300th-largest city in America is any less relevant to the presidency than being the 300th most senior member of the House,” he continued, a reference to a handful of ex-2020 candidates.
- With the Democratic National Convention being pushed to mid-August due to the coronavirus, lots of lobbyists and news organizations are happy they didn’t lock in hotel, air, and car reservations yet. One lobby firm told us they had planned to rent a bar near the convention and would have lost tens of thousands of dollars.
$227M sent to States/Territories from the LWCF – $57M more than last year! This is significant in expanding outdoor recreation opportunities for the American people and investing in conservation projects across the country. https://t.co/REjBESKksy
— Secretary David Bernhardt (@SecBernhardt) March 31, 2020
- President Trump’s expansion of energy mining on the outer continental shelf ringing the United States has paid off. Interior Secretary David Bernhardt told us the nation raked in $57 million extra this year from energy leases, which was added to the conservation cash it dishes to states every year, now at $227 million.
- The administration has quieted its recent attacks on China for hiding the extent of the coronavirus outbreak. The reason, we hear, is that the White House is trying to get as much useful equipment and personal protective gear from the communist nation before it starts attacking again.
