At just 37, Pete Buttigieg is seeking to become the first openly gay president of the United States as well as the youngest.
Today he has catapulted into contention for his party's nomination, suddenly omnipresent despite not yet officially declaring his candidacy.
Bookish and smart, he refutes the charge that he's too young and inexperienced to compete in the diverse Democratic field, or against Trump himself. In Iowa, Buttigieg surged from one percent support to 11 percent and third place in Emerson Polling's survey released Sunday, behind former vice president Joe Biden and Senator Bernie Sanders and ahead of more prominent candidates like senators Kamala Harris and Elizabeth Warren.
In 2016, as Hillary Clinton battled Trump, Buttigieg noticed a"fatal lack of enthusiasm" among working-class voters in the heartland when it came to the Democratic message."Our whole message was 'Don't vote for him, because he's terrible.' And even though he is, that's not a message," warned Buttigieg on"The Breakfast Club" radio show in New York.
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