Pete Buttigieg: Time for Radical Change

Pete Buttigieg: Time for Radical ChangeWatch now (77 mins) | Democrats tend to defend the institutions that Trump is tearing apart, but Pete Buttigieg says the party should be focusing on the bigger, deeper structural problems the country is facing and the need for political reform.
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Hey y’all. Tim here. You may have noticed that I’ve been on the road the past few days. I’ve been back in Des Moines (my old stomping ground in the McCain days) to spend some time on the campaign trail with Pete Buttigieg. Pete headlined a big Iowa Democratic Party event called the Liberty & Justice Dinner and campaigned with Iowa Democrats — I even got to join for a quick stop at Drake Diner. You may notice the episode is a little different than normal. Pete was generous with his time, and I wanted to give you all the feeling of being on the trail in Iowa with us. And I appreciated that he was willing to reflect at length on the enraging criminal prank played on his family and how it might inform how he thinks about his future role in public life. I think it turned out to be a candid, emotional, and thought-provoking conversation. 

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Pete Buttigieg: Time for Radical Change
Tim Miller and Pete Buttigieg
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Democrats tend to defend the institutions that Trump is tearing apart, but Pete Buttigieg says the party should be focusing on the bigger, deeper structural problems the country is facing and the need for political reform. The kind of radical institutional changes he’d like to see include: expanding SCOTUS and the House of Representatives, statehood for Washington, D.C., and directly electing the president by popular vote. Plus, Pete gets candid about the “most fucked-up thing” that’s ever happened to his family, the big opportunity for Dems in Iowa in November, and Pete’s stumping for candidates in places where Fox News reigns.
Pete Buttigieg joined Tim Miller in Des Moines.
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Here is a list provided by Pete Buttigieg of candidates he has endorsed in the 2026 election cycle:
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