Mayor Pete Buttigieg describes a moment he had with his father, who died shortly after Buttigieg announced his presidential exploratory committee CNNTownHall
Buttigieg talks about losing his father this year, and hopes he is making his dad proudSouth Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg remembered the life of his late father on Sunday, telling an audience here in Austin that before he announced, he told his intubated father that he hoped he would make him proud and his father mouthed, “You will.”
“He came here for the educational opportunities that this country offered he became an American citizen after that. He believed in education. He believed in this country, but he also was very passionate about all the ways it was falling short.”“So I don’t think he ever guessed I would be doing this. We didn’t either until about a year ago. But when I was getting ready to make the announcement, he was already in pretty rough shape. And I wasn’t sure I should go, but I knew he wanted it to happen.
"We have to do that unfashionable technical work to make the system more efficient. We have also just got to broaden assets until everyone has health care," he said."I refuse to accept that when citizens of just about every developed nation in the world enjoy this, that we should settle for less," he said.
Buttigieg said the question was “fair” and that he “shouldn’t be running if I weren’t prepared to answer it.” Schach said she also interested in learning more about Pete Buttigieg and — more importantly, how to pronounce his name.
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