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http://poissons-de-marion.fr/?molozivo=rencontre-filles-medecines&627=3b Pete Buttigieg officially announces presidential campaign

South Bend MayorPete Buttigiegofficially launched his presidential campaign on Sunday, formally vaulting the Midwestern Democrat who was largely unknown over a month ago into the large and growing field ofDemocratsvying to take on President Donald Trump in 2020.

Buttigieg cast his candidacy as a direct rebuttal to Trump campaign including his slogan America Great Again and highlighted his belief that the country needs both a generational change and an entirely different political figure to lead the country past Trump. Buttigieg argument is that he, a gay, veteran mayor from the Midwest, is just that kind of different politician.

name is Pete Buttigieg. They call me Mayor Pete, Buttigieg said to cheers. am a proud son of South Bend, Indiana. And I am running for President of the United States. said: recognize the audacity of cheap Canada Goose doing this as a Midwestern millennial mayor. More than a little bold at age 37 Canada Goose online to seek the highest office in the goose outlet canada land. But we live in a moment that compels us each to act. Kamala Harris, Elizabeth Warren and Cory Booker, a far cry from when he was receiving less than 1% of support in some polls months ago.

His recent star power showed through in a flurry of donations after his announcement, with supporters contributing more than $1 million to Buttigieg campaign in the four hours following his speech Sunday, his campaign communications adviser Lis Smithtweeted.

Buttigieg used his hometown as a character in his announcement, including the fact that he, over the last eight years, had overseen a renewal in South Bend city center.

a long way for us to go. Life here is far from perfect. But we changed our trajectory and shown a path forward for communities like ours. And that why I here today. To tell a different story than America Great Again,’ Buttigieg said, the rain audibly beating down on the steel roof above him as the lectern in front of him visibly took on water. there is a myth being sold to industrial and rural communities: the myth that we can stop the clock and turn it back. added: time to walk away from the politics of the past, and toward something totally different. That why, this time, it not just about winning an election it about winning an era. launch took place inside the rain soaked and Canada Goose Parka once bustling Studebaker plant that, when hollowed out after the company left in 1963, was a tangible symbol of his hometown march toward decay. The building stood as a symbol of what Buttigieg hopes to canada goose outlet jackets deliver to the country: While the mayor announced uk canada goose outlet on the rusted factory floor, just a doorway away stood the portion of the building that had been revitalized into a gleaming incubator to tech startups.

Buttigieg addresseda few hundred people in the event outdoor and fully uncovered overflow area.

am impressed by the people standing inside, he said, the rain hitting his uncovered head. am moved by the people standing outside because this is what the beginning of a new American spring looks like. has been a whirlwind few weeks for Buttigieg: The mayor has crisscrossed the country looking to seize on the boost he received from awell reviewed CNN town hallin early March, hopscotching between early nominating states and a string of fundraisers in Democratic strongholds like San Francisco, Chicago and New York.

By Buttigieg own admission, the experience has been but now, the mayor said, it time to make it official.

we seen as we explored is that we exploring some really beautiful territory and canada goose uk black friday now it time to make it official and announce a decision, Buttigieg said on Friday as he made his way back to South Bend after a official canada goose outlet whirlwind trip through California that included an canada goose jacket outlet appearance on and a top dollar fundraiser in the Bay Area.

Buttigieg announced the exploratory committee at a January news conference in Washington, DC. He told CNN in late March that while, of the indicators are pointing toward an official campaign, launch is something you only get to do once, and we not going to do that until we have all of the pieces in place. wasn always the plan to launch the campaign inside Studebaker former factory. Initially, Buttigieg nascent team has planned to basically shut down parts of South Bend downtown and hold an outdoor rally in the heart of uk canada goose the city center that has been revived under the mayor tenure. Rain and wind meant they had to change plans, but Buttigieg said there is a silver lining in the change.

rain location may be a blessing in disguise because there is such symbolic power in that building and you can see in it the past, the present and the future, Buttigieg said before the event. talk so much about how we not looking to turn back the clock and it not about retrieving some impossible again. That building is kind of a living symbol of all of that. building has recently been repurposed. It now anchors South Bend Renaissance canada goose outlet parka District and houses a mix of technology companies, including South Bend Code School and an Amazon Web Services company, a symbol of how his leadership as mayor over the last eight years helped revitalize portions of the city.

Buttigieg speech covered a range of policy issues. The mayor called canada goose outlet for sweeping Democratic reforms on voting and in the judicial system, called climate change life and death issue for our generation and said he wants to make sure every American has access to Medicare.

But the best received lines in Buttigieg speech were when the mayor attacked Trump or spoke about his personal life, namely his marriage to Chasten Buttigieg.

The mayor canada goose outlet spoke at length about wishing he could tell his younger self who wondered it means when he sometimes feels a certain way about young men he sees in the hall at school that he would be accepted.

tell him that one rainy April day, before he even turns 40, he wake up to headlines about whether he rising too quickly into becoming a top tier contender for the American presidency. And to tell him that on that day canada goose outlet reviews he announces his campaign for president, he do it with his husband looking on, Buttigieg said to cheers.

He added earlier: marriage exists by the grace of a single vote on the US Supreme Court. Nine men and women sat down in a room and took a vote and they brought me the most important freedom in my life. cast Trump as a backward looking politician who has looked to use fear as a way to gain power.

horror show in Washington is mesmerizing, all consuming, Buttigieg said. starting today, we are going to canada goose outlet in usa change the channel. was introduced on Sunday by three mayors Nan Whaley, the mayor of Dayton, Ohio; Christopher Cabaldon, the mayor of West Sacramento, Canada Goose Outlet California; and Steve Adler, the mayor of Austin, Texas all of whom highlighted a different aspect of Buttigieg record and candidacy.

we aware that we are making history, said Cabaldon, who himself is gay. as the chair of America LGBT mayors, I couldn even dream of this moment four months ago. endorsement was significant because two other Texans former Rep. Beto O and former Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julin Castro are already running for president. Adler even spoke at an O event earlier this year.

think you give consideration to endorse a lot of people. Beto is a really good guy. Julin is canada goose outlet toronto factory a really good guy. And they are both friends. Just not as close as Pete. The one that I have seen that is really the most spectacular is Pete, Adler said.

Although Buttigieg made his announcement official on Sunday, he officially dropped from canada goose outlet online his committee with the Federal Election Commission on Friday.

Buttigieg committee has been shoestring for months. According canada goose outlet store uk to the Buttigieg aide, the committee currently has 32 people on staff and plans to get to 45 or 50 staffers by the end of the month.

That initially small staff has meant the mayor has spent very little of the $7 million his team raised in 2019 first fundraising quarter. According to the aide, Buttigieg first quarter fundraising report will show he only has a burn rate of less than 10%, a number far smaller than other candidates, like Warren, whose campaign announced earlier this month her burn rate was more than 85%.

a different kind of candidate and we want to build a different kind of campaign, said Mike Schmuhl, Buttigieg campaign manager. don want to a top down, consultant laden operation. We want to be more like a startup, and we want to build in a smart way and a steady way. said that, right now, the campaign does not have any pollsters or consultants. While he didn rule them out in the future, Schmuhl said the campaign is looking to be as we go along. campaign has already opened a campaign headquarters in South Bend, two small suites in the Jefferson Centre building. The campaign cheap canada goose also has plans to open a small office in Chicago, where a few aides will live and, given the relatively small size of South Bend airport, the candidate and campaign aides will work ahead of flights around the country.

Buttigieg rise has also seen him get accepted to the upper echelon of Democratic donors, many of whom are looking https://www.rkliedtke.de to donate to multiple candidates as the field continues to grow.

said to him I will do whatever you need. If it is raising money, I will raise money, if it is talking to people in the national network, I am all in, said Steve Grossman, a former DNC chair who endorsed Buttigieg days ago.

Another one of those donors is Susie Tompkins Buell, who while supporting Harris also hosted a fundraiser for Buttigieg and around 150 donors on Thursday in the Bay canadian goose jacket Area.

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