7 times Pete Buttigieg highlighted his age at the Democratic debate by AndrewRomano
Pete Buttigieg is 37. And at Tuesday’s Democratic presidential debate, the South Bend, Ind., mayor made sure everyone knew it.
In fact, if he wins in 2020, Buttigieg would be the youngest person elected president in American history. “We’ve been talking about the same framework for my entire adult lifetime,” Buttigieg said when talk turned to the topic of immigration. “My generation has lived this [crisis] as long as we have been alive,” he said in his opening statement, previewing pretty much every soundbite he would deliver for the rest of the night. “We are not going to be able to meet this moment by recycling the same arguments, policies and politicians that have dominated Washington for as long as I have been alive.”
Story continues“I don’t care how old you are — I care about your vision,” Buttigieg replied. But, he added, “I do think it matters that we have a new generation of leaders stepping up around the world” — a trend he “thought America would be leading.”
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